From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66390 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: global authinfo mechanism in Emacs, Gnus, Tramp Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:03:04 -0600 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <86ablluffr.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <86ejbrrvg3.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86bq61m6ph.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204221722 27284 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2008 18:02:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M14881@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Feb 28 19:02:24 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JUn58-00067d-PQ for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:02:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JUn4N-0000rS-De; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:01:23 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JUn4L-0000r2-TK for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:01:21 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JUn4G-0005ly-CP for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:01:21 -0600 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1JUn4L-0007kr-00 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:01:21 +0100 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JUn4C-0000gz-Qo for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:01:12 +0000 Original-Received: from 38.98.147.130 ([38.98.147.130]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:01:12 +0000 Original-Received: from tzz by 38.98.147.130 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:01:12 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Followup-To: gmane.emacs.devel Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.98.147.130 X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:O6TcTzgMBx2V0WgJHNjuZ24Evm0= X-Spam-Score: -1.8 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:66390 gmane.emacs.devel:90748 Archived-At: On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:12:04 -0700 Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Zlatanov writes: Ted> entry: Ted> protocol-or-purpose: ['pop, 'imap, 'imaps, 'ssh, t] Ted> hardcoded: (:user "me" :password 'ask :cache 60) Ted> file: (:name "/a/b/c" :epg-parameters () :other-parameters ()) Ted> command: (:program "/bin/true" :parameters ()) Tom> Gnome's keyring manager uses (more or less) an application-specified Tom> alist and returns the best match. That way different users of the Tom> keyring can store the information they need there. Can Emacs ask the Gnome keyring manager over some protocol for a user's authentication alist? That would be great for those who use Gnome. Sorry, I'm not one of them so I don't know the protocols and data formats available. Ted