authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now (was: authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG)

["Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004, seh@panix.com wrote:

> "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> 
>> I tested them, let me know if you get good results too.
> 
> It almost works as expected, but for one annoyance. I have four
> servers listed in my .authinfo file. When I start Gnus, I get asked
> for the decryption password six or seven times as various connections
> get opened, despite having gnus-encrypt-password-cache-expiry set to
> 120. Shouldn't I only be asked for my decryption password once? Surely
> something must be wrong, for it would be easier to type four different
> passwords than to type a single on seven times.

I was doing the caching wrong, it's fixed.  All the code is in CVS
now, including the netrc.el changes (they won't do anything if you
don't have gnus-encrypt-file-alist set).

I also made gnus-encrypt-password-cache-expiry be a trigger for
password-cache-expiry, meaning that setting the former automatically
sets the latter.  If this is incorrect, please let me know.

> Related questions:
> o Does Gnus really reparse ~/.authinfo every time a connection gets
>   opened?

I don't know.  Based on your experience, probably yes.

> o Could Gnus cache the decrypted ~/.authinfo data to avoid running gpg so many
> 	times?

Sure, but is that worth the trouble?  It's a small amount of data and
the file could change, so you need to not only cache but also
remember the last mtime of the file you're caching.

Thanks
Ted