Re: [9fans] factotum & invalid entries

[Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com>]

> I don't have a secstore. Each time I connect to, say, sources, and I type
> either an incorrect username or password, I can't connect (authentication
> fails) until I clean factotum's database and get it correct the first time.

I think you are half-mistaken.  If you type a bad password, it should be
no big deal.  If you type a bad user name, that's when you get the
infinite loop.

> What exactly happens when authentication fails and factotum re-prompts
> the user for credentials?

If you type the same user name and a new password, then factotum
replaces the bad key, and all is well.  But if you type the wrong user name
the first time and then get it right the second time, factotum won't think
the two keys match (the user names are different!) so your key gets
added to the end of the list.  Factotum looks for keys to use from the
beginning of the list, so it finds the bad key again, and adding more
keys isn't going to help.

I changed things so that the new keys get inserted at the beginning
of the list.  That should help a bit.

Russ