From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:51:48 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87y5suuz85.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87bopq6xng.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87bopldu58.fsf@gnus.org> <87bopkgsb3.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1328032377 21223 80.91.229.3 (31 Jan 2012 17:52:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:52:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9113@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen , Achim Gratz , Roland Winkler To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 31 18:52:55 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RsHt0-00085a-RR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:52:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59121 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsHsz-0006Y6-Vs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:52:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48049) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsHsu-0006XT-IK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:52:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsHsr-0002oU-V8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:52:48 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43879) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsHsr-0002oM-Ta for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:52:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RsHt8-0008KK-27 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:53:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:53:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9113 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9113-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9113.132803232831942 (code B ref 9113); Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:53:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9113) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Jan 2012 17:52:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47502 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RsHsG-0008J8-Gn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:52:08 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:60393) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RsHsE-0008J1-9Y for 9113@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q0VHpmcH029214; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:51:48 -0500 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 94E68B4168; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:51:48 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87bopkgsb3.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:32 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4118=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4118> : streams <724590> : uri <1057267> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:56315 Archived-At: >>> Or does (say) OS X (or Ubuntu) start a key chain when you log in, and >>> then Thunderbird consults that when it connects to the IMAP server? >> Exactly. So, yes, I want Emacs to support the system's keychain tool, >> since it's the right solution for the job. > auth-sources.el supports already secrets.el, which is an interface to > Gnome keyring and KWallet, respectively. So that's what we should use by default when available. > The problem is, that there is no default under which name a password is > stored there. Every application seems to use its own naming scheme. While it is probably a problem for users, I don't think it's a problem for Emacs: it just means that the password you store with one application won't automatically work in some other application when accessing the same service on the same host. Stefan