From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/81358 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: auth-source for new users Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:45:55 +0100 Message-ID: <87d39iwm8c.fsf@gnus.org> References: <877gzv4oat.fsf@gnus.org> <87mx8rwqpv.fsf@gmail.com> <87obt7s6uc.fsf@gnus.org> <877gzvumng.fsf@gmail.com> <87y5san1wo.fsf@gnus.org> <87sjie4q12.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329162378 29601 80.91.229.3 (13 Feb 2012 19:46:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:46:18 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M29638@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Feb 13 20:46:17 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rx1qo-0004gO-Ti for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:46:15 +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 1Rx1qj-0004rR-Q2; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:46:09 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Rx1qi-0004rJ-QW for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:46:08 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Rx1qh-0003mY-QI for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:46:08 -0600 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rx1qg-0007Wd-Cn for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:46:06 +0100 Original-Received: from 93-41-188-50.ip82.fastwebnet.it ([93.41.188.50] helo=rusty) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rx1qX-0001Bn-Ah for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:45:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87sjie4q12.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:11:21 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130002 (Ma Gnus v0.2) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1Rx1qX-0001Bn-Ah MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1329767157.87541@qmHUqE+AOGdRtUq0rOh5bw X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:81358 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > We're discussing this in an emacs bug thread. I'm not sure what's the > right solution here. There's valid scenarios for: > > 1) keeping the username+password in memory only (easy to implement!) > > 2) saving them to a keychain immediately > > 3) saving them to a netrc/authinfo file immediately > > 4) saving all credentials to a netrc/authinfo file later, keeping them > in memory now Well, the user if prompted. I think it might be reasonable to just add another letter at the prompt that is "don't save, but remember for this session only". Sorta 1). -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no * Sent from my Rome