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28.1; Authentication in Gnus using password-store backend of auth-source

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From: Bartosz Kaczyński <bk <at> asterio.cloud>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 58807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58807: 28.1; Authentication in Gnus using password-store backend of auth-source
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:15:37 +0200

Indeed, in Emacs build from master branch the command and manual differs 
from the manual on website [1]

Now my config looks as follows:

(use-package auth-source
  :config
  (auth-source-pass-enable))

and I can authenticate to the server.

Thank you!

[1] 
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/auth/Help-for-users.html

On 10/27/22 11:08, Robert Pluim wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:30:57 +0200, bk <at> asterio.cloud said:
>      bk> Hi,
>      bk> As it is written in subject I can't authenticate to my local dovecot
>      bk> server when I have enabled pass backend in auth-source. I don't have
>      bk> this problem if I use default ~/.authinfo file. If it's not exist it's
>      bk> generated by Emacs and contains line as follows:
>      bk> machine localhost login bk <at> asterio.cloud password pass
>
>      bk> My minimal ~/.emacs file
>      bk> (setq auth-source-debug 'trivia)
>      bk> (setq auth-sources '(password-store))
>
> (info "(auth) Help for users") describes how to enable `pass', and
> thatʼs not it.
>
> Robert

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