don't consult auth-sources for a particular server

don't consult auth-sources for a particular server

[Austin F. Frank]

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Hello!

Again, thanks to all (and especially to Lars and Ted and Julien) for
recent improvements to Gnus.

I wonder, is there a way to tell gnus that I'm fine with a particular
select method being totally insecure?  Right now when I open any of the
groups subscribed through gmane it seems like auth-sources consults my
.authinfo.gpg.  I _promise_ this doesn't need to happen for this
server.  Is there a way to guarantee that my login credentials are never
checked for gmane groups?

Thanks,
/au

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Re: don't consult auth-sources for a particular server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:54:09 -0400 "Austin F. Frank" <austin.frank@gmail.com> wrote: 

AFF> Again, thanks to all (and especially to Lars and Ted and Julien) for
AFF> recent improvements to Gnus.

AFF> I wonder, is there a way to tell gnus that I'm fine with a particular
AFF> select method being totally insecure?  Right now when I open any of the
AFF> groups subscribed through gmane it seems like auth-sources consults my
AFF> .authinfo.gpg.  I _promise_ this doesn't need to happen for this
AFF> server.  Is there a way to guarantee that my login credentials are never
AFF> checked for gmane groups?

Hmm, that should be possible.  Right now you could set `auth-sources' to
map that server to a nonexistent file, but a const option seems
cleaner.  I'll add it to my TODO list.

Ted

Re: don't consult auth-sources for a particular server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:57:43 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote: 

TZ> On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:54:09 -0400 "Austin F. Frank" <austin.frank@gmail.com> wrote: 
AFF> Again, thanks to all (and especially to Lars and Ted and Julien) for
AFF> recent improvements to Gnus.

AFF> I wonder, is there a way to tell gnus that I'm fine with a particular
AFF> select method being totally insecure?  Right now when I open any of the
AFF> groups subscribed through gmane it seems like auth-sources consults my
AFF> .authinfo.gpg.  I _promise_ this doesn't need to happen for this
AFF> server.  Is there a way to guarantee that my login credentials are never
AFF> checked for gmane groups?

TZ> Hmm, that should be possible.  Right now you could set `auth-sources' to
TZ> map that server to a nonexistent file, but a const option seems
TZ> cleaner.  I'll add it to my TODO list.

With the recent caching work, this is not really an issue: the file is
cached in memory and needs to be opened if you have any credentials in
it anyway.  So I don't think this needs a special case as I thought
originally.

Ted

Re: don't consult auth-sources for a particular server

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

"Austin F. Frank" <austin.frank@gmail.com> writes:

> I wonder, is there a way to tell gnus that I'm fine with a particular
> select method being totally insecure?  Right now when I open any of the
> groups subscribed through gmane it seems like auth-sources consults my
> .authinfo.gpg.  I _promise_ this doesn't need to happen for this
> server.  Is there a way to guarantee that my login credentials are never
> checked for gmane groups?

It should only look into that file if it needs to get a password, I
think?  Hm, no, the .authinfo file can have the "force" tag, which
controls whether the password is sent even if the server doesn't ask for
it.  So it's a chicken/egg/omelet problem.

I'd just set auth-sources to ~/.authinfo, and forget about the .gpg file
myself...  

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