GNU bug report logs - #64977
29.1; `auth-source-macos-keychain-search' handles :user key incorrectly

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From: LdBeth <andpuke <at> foxmail.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 64977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 LdBeth <andpuke <at> foxmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#64977: 29.1;
 `auth-source-macos-keychain-search' handles :user key incorrectly
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 07:55:21 -0500

From man security(1):

    -r protocol     Specify protocol (optional four-character SecProtocolType, e.g. "http", "ftp ")

https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/security/

To test this function, first add password using:

$ security add-internet-password -s irc.libera.chat -a ldb -r 'irc ' -w 'passwd'

In emacs, use something like

(auth-source-search :user "ldb" :port "irc")

should about to retrieve the password.


ldb

>>>>> In <87leegqyk3.fsf <at> gmx.de> 
>>>>>	Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Eli,

>>> Finally I get some time looking at this issue.
>>>
>>> I think the bug is caused by `auth-source-macos-keychain-search-items'
>>> forget the fact that :users can be a list of string instead of a string.
>>>
>>> The `auth-source-macos-keychain-search-items' also did
>>> not handle the protocol argument correctly. The `security' command
>>> needs the "-r" argument to be a string of 4 characters. This is also
>>> fixed in the patch attached.
>>
>> Michael, any comments to the problem and the patch?

> The change in :user seems to be OK. I cannot comment the change in
> :port, because I don't use macOS, and cannot test anything.

> Best regards, Michael.

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