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* passwords not visible in symmetric encryption
@ 2020-08-22 11:50 Colin Baxter
  2020-08-22 12:09 ` Jamie Beardslee
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Colin Baxter @ 2020-08-22 11:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Hello,

I have two authinfo files whose contents are identical. One is encrypted
using one of my gnupg keys (~/path/to/key-encrypted/file.gpg) and the other is
symmetrically encrypted
(~/different/path/to/symmetric-encrypted/.file.gpg). The latter is a
hidden file, whereas the former is not.

When I open the symmetrically encrypted file using emacs-27.1, the
passwords are replaced by four stars ****. This is not the case when I
open the key-encrypted file, where all the passwords are shown in
clear. I see all the passwords in clear when I open either file using
emacs-26.3.

I want the same behaviour when I open both files with emacs-27.1. How do
I achieve this?

I'm using gpg 2.0.26.


Colin Baxter.




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* Re: passwords not visible in symmetric encryption
  2020-08-22 11:50 passwords not visible in symmetric encryption Colin Baxter
@ 2020-08-22 12:09 ` Jamie Beardslee
  2020-08-22 13:21   ` Colin Baxter
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jamie Beardslee @ 2020-08-22 12:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

From the docstring of the variable `authinfo-hidden':
| Regexp matching elements in .authinfo/.netrc files that should be hidden.
| 
| This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 27.1.

If you don't want the passwords to be hidden, set that to nil.

If you _do_ want the passwords to be hidden, you need to make sure the
file is opened in `authinfo-mode' with a magic comment like this:
| # -*- mode: authinfo;-*-

--
Jamie




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* Re: passwords not visible in symmetric encryption
  2020-08-22 12:09 ` Jamie Beardslee
@ 2020-08-22 13:21   ` Colin Baxter
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Colin Baxter @ 2020-08-22 13:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Dear Jamie,

>>>>> Jamie Beardslee <jdb@jamzattack.xyz> writes:

Thanks. I've just found the item in Emacs News - you beat me to it. I
think I'll leave the authinfo-hidden variable unchanged at "password"
and just un-hide my authinfo.gpg file.

    > From the docstring of the variable `authinfo-hidden': | Regexp
    > matching elements in .authinfo/.netrc files that should be hidden.
    > | 
    > | This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs
    > 27.1.

    > If you don't want the passwords to be hidden, set that to nil.

    > If you _do_ want the passwords to be hidden, you need to make sure
    > the file is opened in `authinfo-mode' with a magic comment like
    > this: | # -*- mode: authinfo;-*-

That's good to know

Thanks again for your help.

Best wishes,

Colin.




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