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23.1.92; nnimap not using .authinfo.gpg

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From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.92; nnimap not using .authinfo.gpg
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:02:31 +0000

I tried using gnus for gmail through imap and noticed that if I put the
following line in .authinfo.gpg (encrypted):

  machine imap.gmail.com login username <at> gmail.com password secret port 993

it is not used by nnimap.

However, if I put it in .authinfo it works as expected. Since I seem to
remember that Gnus encourages the use of auth-sources, I wonder if
someone can take a look at this to ensure all components of gnus can use
.authinfo.gpg

Thanks.

Leo


In GNU Emacs 23.1.92.2 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0 AppKit 1038.25)
 of 2010-02-03 on Victoria.local
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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5547: 23.1.92; nnimap not using .authinfo.gpg
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:17:35 +0000

On 2010-02-09 16:50 +0000, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
> That should work.  Please:
>
> - show your auth-sources variable.  It should be something like this:
>
> ((:source "~/authinfo.gpg" :host t :protocol t))

Yes. I didn't touch this variable.

> - set auth-source-debug to t and look in *Messages*.  Is it accessing
>   the .gpg file and opening it?  What values does it print for the
>   username and password?

Opening nnimap server on gmail-web...
imap: Connecting to imap.gmail.com...
imap: Opening SSL connection with `openssl s_client -quiet -ssl3 -connect %s:%p'...done
Waiting for response from imap.gmail.com...done
Parsing authinfo file `~/.authinfo'.
auth-source-user-or-password: get (login password) for gmail-web (993)
/Users/PhD/.authinfo: 0% (0/139)
/Users/PhD/.authinfo: 100% (139/139)
auth-source-user-or-password: found (login password)=SECRET for gmail-web (993)
imap: Authenticating to `imap.gmail.com' using `login'...
imap: Plaintext authentication...
byte-code: End of buffer [4 times]
Quit trying to open server nnimap+gmail-web
Opening nnimap server on gmail-web...failed

> - try with port "imaps" and without a port

Where to set the port?

Thanks.

Leo

Message #13 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5547: 23.1.92; nnimap not using .authinfo.gpg
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:15:35 +0000

On 2010-02-10 18:40 +0000, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
> It may be a bug but I'm not sure where it's coming from.  It may be that
> nnimap-open-connection is not prioritizing auth-source over
> nnimap-authinfo-file.  Can you make sure nnimap-authinfo-file is nil?
> Does it still fail in that case?  Finally, check

Setting nnimap-authinfo-file to nil fails in the same way as the default
value which points to ~/.authinfo.

> (auth-source-pick "any server" "any port")

This returns the value as in auth-sources.

> What does it return?  The log messages are impying auth-source is
> checking ~/.authinfo.
>
> If none of this helps, look in nnimap-open-connection and trace the
> sequence of events, it's pretty clear how it happens.
>
>>> - try with port "imaps" and without a port
>
> L> Where to set the port?
>
> In the authinfo file, where it's '993' currently:
>
> machine imap.gmail.com login username <at> gmail.com password secret port 993
>
> ...but that's not the problem, I think.  Try setting
> auth-source-hide-passwords to nil anyhow and redo the attempt to ensure
> your password is correct.

The only success I have is to set nnimap-authinfo-file to ~/.authinfo.gpg.
Otherwise nothing is read.

> Ted

Sorry I could not look into the problem further at the moment due to
other work. But I will come back to this maybe in May if it hasn't been
fixed. I have kept a note about this.

Thanks.

Leo

Message #18 received at 5547 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: 5547 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1.92; nnimap not using .authinfo.gpg
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:16:33 +0100

Hello,

I think this bug can be closed. I think the problem was I didn't use a
correct machine name for the configuration:

(nnimap "gmail" (nnimap-server-address "imap.gmail.com")
                (nnimap-server-port 993))

The machine name should be gmail and not imap.gmail.com.

Thanks.

Leo

Message #21 received at 5547-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
Cc: 5547-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5547: 23.1.92; nnimap not using .authinfo.gpg
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:55:55 -0500

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to gnu.emacs.bug as well.

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:16:33 +0100 Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com> wrote: 

L> I think this bug can be closed. I think the problem was I didn't use a
L> correct machine name for the configuration:

L> (nnimap "gmail" (nnimap-server-address "imap.gmail.com")
L>                 (nnimap-server-port 993))

L> The machine name should be gmail and not imap.gmail.com.

Thanks for writing back, Leo.  I'll try closing this bug through the CC
on this message.

Ted

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