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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug: epg send unencrypted data in trash
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:54:07 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sjvuxs80.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87k4h6sahe.fsf@gmail.com

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:16:13 +0100 Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> wrote: 

TV> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>> i start using recently delete-by-moving-to-trash.(i had no trash before)
>> So now when i decrypt a file and read it in emacs, i have an unencrypted
>> file world readable 'epg-output-xxx' in the trash.
>> That's bad.

TV> So if one use gnus with a .authinfo.gpg, and use also
TV> delete-by-moving-to-trash, he will have the bad surprise to find his
TV> authinfo data in clear text in the trash.

TV> Maybe let-bind delete-by-moving-to-trash in epg-delete-output-file would
TV> be good.
TV> It's what i will do here anyway.

TV> (defun epg-delete-output-file (context)
TV>   "Delete the output file of CONTEXT."
TV>   (let ((delete-by-moving-to-trash nil))
TV>     (when (and (epg-context-output-file context)
TV>              (file-exists-p (epg-context-output-file context)))
TV>       (delete-file (epg-context-output-file context)))))

TV> With this change, data in clear text will never go to trash.

According to the docs for `delete-file' it shouldn't matter what
`delete-by-moving-to-trash' says because this is called
non-interactively (TRASH is nil when delete-file is called
non-interactively).  Or is this funcall interactive somehow?

Ted




  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-11 19:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-11  7:29 bug: epg send unencrypted data in trash Thierry Volpiatto
2011-02-11 18:16 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-02-11 19:54   ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2011-02-11 21:05     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-02-11 22:14       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-12  0:23         ` Chong Yidong
2011-02-12  7:08           ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-02-12 12:56           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-12 18:49             ` Chong Yidong
2011-02-12 19:06               ` Ted Zlatanov

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