From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: Max Froumentin <max@lapin-bl.eu>
Cc: 31475-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31475: 25.3; authinfo password backslash problem
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:22:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a7ot3639.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87muwb6gc4.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:27:07 +0200")
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
Hi Max,
>> Assumption:
>> User's IMAP password has a backslash character ('\') in it.
>>
>> Steps:
>> 1. Setup gnus so it connects to an imap backend
>> 2. Start gnus
>> 3. Enter the username and password of the IMAP account
>> 4. Say yes to saving the credentials in .authinfo
>> 5. Quit emacs
>> 6. Restart emacs
>> 7. M-x gnus
>> 8. Authentication fails
>>
>> The password saved in the .authinfo file has its backlash escaped
>> ('\\'). If the file is edited directly and the extra backslash is removed,
>> authentication works again.
>>
>> In GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0, NS appkit-1504.83 Version 10.12.6 (Build 16G1036))
>
> I cannot reproduce it here, using
>
> In GNU Emacs 25.2.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.21)
>
> The following is an extract of nnimap.el, which I have used for testing:
>
> (progn
> (require 'nnimap)
> (let ((credentials (nnimap-credentials "address" "imap" "user")))
> (funcall (nth 2 credentials))))
>
>
> When I run this code snippet from a fresh Emacs started with "emacs -Q",
> I am asked for
>
> IMAP password for user@address:
>
>
> I enter "test\user" (without the apostrophs). Then I'm asked
>
> Save auth info to file ~/.authinfo [y/n/Ne/?]
>
>
> Now I type "y" (without the apostrophs), and see the result of the
> evaluation in the minibuffer. And in ~/.authinfo, there is a new line
>
> machine address login user port imap password test\user
>
> Looks like expected. Could you pls run the same scenario on your
> machine? Maybe there's a difference because you use macOS, and I use GNU
> Linux.
No reply, so I'm closing this bug.
Best regards, Michael.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-16 16:56 bug#31475: 25.3; authinfo password backslash problem Max Froumentin
2018-06-03 15:27 ` Michael Albinus
2018-09-07 11:22 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
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