Re: Bug: auth-sources not set before retrieving authinfo

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:02:39 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> XeCycle <XeCycle@Gmail.com> writes:
>> Hello, I'm bothered by the behaviour that Gnus always asks me to
>> decrypt my .authinfo.gpg, though none of the servers need
>> authentication.

LMI> Yes, nntp.el needs to look into the .authinfo.gpg file to see whether
LMI> the server you're connecting to has a "force" parameter in the
LMI> .authinfo.gpg file.

LMI> I would suggest setting up a GPG agent or just leaving the .authinfo
LMI> file unencrypted.

You can also structure `auth-sources' so a specific host is found in
~/.authinfo but all others come from ~/.authinfo.gpg.

First in the list, put the ~/.authinfo entry, and add an extra parameter
"host: regex" with `M-x customize-variable'.  The equivalent Lisp:

#+begin_src lisp
(setq auth-sources '((:source "~/.authinfo" :host "yourhost" :port t)
                     (:source "~/.authinfo.gpg" :host t :port t)))

#+end_src

Let me know if it works OK for you or not.

Ted