Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:06:02 UTC
Severity: wishlist
Found in version 23.2.94
Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> Subject: bug#8069: closed (Re: bug#8069: 23.2.94; auth-source should support ~/.netrc by default) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:16:01 +0000
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Your bug report #8069: 23.2.94; auth-source should support ~/.netrc by default which was filed against the emacs,gnus package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 8069 <at> debbugs.gnu.org. -- 8069: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8069 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> Cc: 8069-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#8069: 23.2.94; auth-source should support ~/.netrc by default Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:12:16 +0200Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <lmi <at> gnus.org> writes: > But, yes, I think ~/.netrc should be added to the list of auth sources > to consult. This has been fixed in No Gnus now. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/
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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org Subject: 23.2.94; auth-source should support ~/.netrc by default Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:14:53 +0000auth-source is trying to encourage users to use ~/.authinfo rather than ~/.netrc. This is fine. But many programs and libraries still use ~/.netrc (personally, until reading the auth-source manual I had not heard of ~/.authinfo). auth-source also wants to encourage users to encrypt their ~/.authinfo file (indeed, by default it searches ~/.authinfo.gpg, not ~/.authinfo). The manual actually says “the auth-source library encourages this confusion”. It is not a good idea to encourage confusion (even if this remark is made tongue-in-cheek, auth-source’s current behaviour does indeed encourage confusion). Hence, I suggest that with a bit of psychological carrot and stick, auth-source could get closer to its goal: Carrot: Default to searching ~/.netrc (unencrypted), ~/.authinfo (unencrypted), and ~/.authinfo.gpg (encrypted). This means that users with an unencrypted file or old-name file are not annoyed. By all means create a symlink from ~/.authinfo to ~/.netrc if the former doesn’t already exist, and don’t actually search ~/.netrc. (But maybe that would create potential security problems of its own.) Stick: Display a minibuffer warning message when an unencrypted file is found. Thus, the user is not actually interrupted (which breeds annoyance), but does receive a gentle reminder that encrypted is better. (You could display a more urgent message, or interrupt the user, if a world-readable authorisation file is found.) Note that this suggestion does not affect users who have already migrated to ~/.authinfo{,.gpg}. 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