From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31475: 25.3; authinfo password backslash problem Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:27:07 +0200 Message-ID: <87muwb6gc4.fsf@gmx.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1528039573 15539 195.159.176.226 (3 Jun 2018 15:26:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 15:26:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 31475@debbugs.gnu.org To: Max Froumentin Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 03 17:26:08 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fPUtT-0003tt-IC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:26:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35640 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fPUva-0008W0-JM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Sun, 03 Jun 2018 15:28:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31475) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Jun 2018 15:27:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60441 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fPUuc-0000J0-SS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:27:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:38901) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fPUub-0000Im-E8 for 31475@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from detlef.gmx.de ([212.86.50.1]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MNuwp-1fO8Ot3bEx-007TEL; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:27:09 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Max Froumentin's message of "Wed, 16 May 2018 17:56:01 +0100") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:zE/wliu/LoipliDRFkA9TVeKwCFK2P7VfAARsz1lX9xHnZckK+S 6ewX28OJ7V42yfzWOX+4vLbTuIE53jcr/7ujQ0s6JAYka177qRkaTfBaZQ/s71DP2jVDoqe Ac15AdHdojD2SOhDhZAtg/9CZ49yh861jRP/IZHGNkhSvfrE1y+Vm701x0FKF9+qtmiylCw 26dm0MZn5tKw11M8XZ66A== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:bwJrGdTcKbM=:Vq+3aCBWlScddE6dl/ITvD eLoPm0X17v2pLCp7uTOt7OBwdFdxw5ysGRUlbgEBOWEKPeRxYi6IDUJITwm6OHKi+MhZHek9i BNXBLR9vkK+9Riry6BfmzvHfvcrvLviUXxuTCzdTO1LOZT8SKWk2+0KrwNfS4Em5BbURvgrc4 9PufU8uizUg/PPhIww1hbHDSTF3y3AazItu6yXnIgiKFuYnefvf/10Ii/awcebt2BHvjxqfTM jDuxdw4pNvjEiR+rRFRaW2QZOrtk8cp4clehlGyP1R8oi/suBLqV7Q3WE2HTcIg6HyMuwrn+U n6XmOJCC+pknvywVRbGv5WLQBZNW5nhyAferMNkM+z/p3ltZQegncoGx176rEVeX3rHFtkv7q UcOtiPF56A84oPvuecuO11TsK2tb1RZoGck/OUHJ1/1Kyx8RYh4jfH7ZtlIkMINEODhEAuTdq qP5XO+z6yFLKkIFmOnhr8zkfUBt0FBgtFqBklfQKI1tRSS+1bmvTyjQLCGMPI6N4w8DkkXa1J 09h707VpyWLefaYUJOVCoGl1bF/rMGiuTWLJRf9BS9Y/mpBYmhqorLmhIgP7NIH9wacTeP+Xa gu5Llxcy/N/jtyhP8tec8k/8zZK+yl7B+P2xbrvcM1hL0dOn5qFIreK3x563Xo9e3chtb/9Cw jbPAvSPfZg203zxwjpZPU8RLZsLHuoXdSNzFmgEd83LgHqFxtmys+uIYl2MC6g1JZA87xcLRy zfAJAjW9ji8vsAJR1QIkcvl1JmQSf13HrYy1kNoEXjoZqEAuEIP5Sdt3RrgVNdV6InFu2nXx X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:146910 Archived-At: Max Froumentin 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: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (progn (require 'nnimap) (let ((credentials (nnimap-credentials "address" "imap" "user"))) (funcall (nth 2 credentials)))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- When I run this code snippet from a fresh Emacs started with "emacs -Q", I am asked for --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- IMAP password for user@address: --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I enter "test\user" (without the apostrophs). Then I'm asked --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Save auth info to file ~/.authinfo [y/n/Ne/?] --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- 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 --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- machine address login user port imap password test\user --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- 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. Best regards, Michael.