Authinfo/Select Method question

Authinfo/Select Method question

[Baba Z Buehler]

Is there a way to put my user/password for a news server into the select
method?  Or do I need to just write something to put into
nntp-server-opened-hook that sends it?

I don't need to go through a firewall or anything, I just don't want to type my
login/password every time Gnus connects.

Thanks,
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Re: Authinfo/Select Method question

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> Baba Z Buehler writes:

  Baba> Is there a way to put my user/password for a news server into
  Baba> the select method?  Or do I need to just write something to
  Baba> put into nntp-server-opened-hook that sends it?

Turn to Mekka, shout three times ``I know where my towel is!'', and
type C-h f nntp-send-authinfo-from-file RET.  You'll be enlightened.

8-)

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Re: Authinfo/Select Method question

[Baba Z Buehler]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> Turn to Mekka, shout three times ``I know where my towel is!'', and
> type C-h f nntp-send-authinfo-from-file RET.  You'll be enlightened.
> 

Yes, Jedi Master, but this uses my login name... my account on the news server
has a different login than my regular UNIX account.

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Re: Authinfo/Select Method question

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> Baba Z Buehler writes:

  Baba> Yes, Jedi Master, but this uses my login name... my account on
  Baba> the news server has a different login than my regular UNIX
  Baba> account.

Hm, here's a slightly modified nntp-send-authinfo-from-file.

(defun nntp-send-authinfo-from-file-1 ()
  "Send the AUTHINFO to the nntp server.
This function is supposed to be called from `nntp-server-opened-hook'.
It will prompt for a password."
  (when (file-exists-p "~/.nntp-userpass")
    (nnheader-temp-write nil
      (insert-file-contents "~/.nntp-userpass")
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO USER"
        (buffer-substring (point) (progn end-of-line) (point)))
      (forward-line 1)
      (nntp-send-command 
       "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO PASS" 
       (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))))

This should read a ~/.nntp-userpass file consisting of two lines: the
first line contains the user name, the second line contains the
password.

Does this work?
kai
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Re: Authinfo/Select Method question

[Randal Schwartz]

>>>>> "Baba" == Baba Z Buehler <baba@beckman.uiuc.edu> writes:

Baba> Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:
>> Turn to Mekka, shout three times ``I know where my towel is!'', and
>> type C-h f nntp-send-authinfo-from-file RET.  You'll be enlightened.
>> 

Baba> Yes, Jedi Master, but this uses my login name... my account on the news server
Baba> has a different login than my regular UNIX account.

in my .gnus.el:

(setq
 gnus-select-method '(nntp "PRIVATE-NEWS.my-isp.com"
			   (nntp-server-opened-hook (MERLYN:nntp-authinfo-for-my-isp))
			   ))

(defun MERLYN:nntp-authinfo-for-my-isp ()
  (nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO USER randal")
  (nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO PASS duh-you-think-I'd-tell-you?"))

Don't bother trying this for real.... this is an example, kids. :-)

It *would* have been nice to have this be a paramatized function, but
I didn't have time to fuss around.  I need to save the time for
newsreading. :-)

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Re: Authinfo/Select Method question

[Baba Z Buehler]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> Hm, here's a slightly modified nntp-send-authinfo-from-file.
> 
> (defun nntp-send-authinfo-from-file-1 ()

> ...

> Does this work?

Yup, works like a charm... thanks!

b
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