Re: [gnus git] Add ~/.authinfo to the default, since that's probably most useful for users.

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:27:31 +0200 Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> wrote: 
>
> RR> As a side note : my setting for auth-sources works in 23.2 with the
> RR> shipped gnus but doesnt seem to properly authenticate my local dovecot
> RR> nnimap accounts with nognus. 
>
> I could test it if you showed your `auth-sources', the relevant line of
> your authinfo file, and the messages in *Messages* produced by
> auth-source when it looks up the server by name.
>

The select method connects to a dovecot virtual user via the name part (here
"riley") :-

,----
|   (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
|                `(nnimap "riley"
|                         (nnimap-address "offlineimap")
|                         (nnir-search-engine imap)
|                         (nnimap-stream network)
|                         ))
`----

The auth-sources value is :-

,----
| auth-sources is a variable defined in `auth-source.el'.
| Its value is 
| ((:source "/home/shamrock/.emacs.d/.authinfo.gpg" :host t :protocol t))
`----

The relevant line in .authinfo.gpg is :-

,----
| machine riley login riley password pass1
`----

The relevant /etc/dovecot.pass entry is

,----
| riley:{plain}pass1
`----

The relevant auth default pass set up in dovecot.conf  for virtual users

,----
|   passdb passwd-file {
|      args = /etc/dovecot.pass
|   }
|   userdb static {
|     args = uid=1000 gid=1000 home=/home/shamrock/.Maildir/%u
|   }
`----

All works with gnus in emacs 23.2

With nognus I dont see anything other than INBOX.