From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/71957 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Hess Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: auth-sources: 8 password prompts for accessing one single imap server Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:59:28 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87ocbkujwr.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <1sd3rzk7xy.fsf@voll.uninett.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285574393 17278 80.91.229.12 (27 Sep 2010 07:59:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:59:53 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M20330@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Sep 27 09:59:52 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P08cl-0007qt-U7 for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:59:48 +0200 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 1P08cY-0006nO-KW; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:59:34 -0500 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 1P08cW-0006n8-MP for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:59:32 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P08cV-0003kU-75 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:59:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-iw0-f172.google.com ([209.85.214.172]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1P08cU-0005e7-00 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:59:30 +0200 Original-Received: by iwn3 with SMTP id 3so975138iwn.17 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:59:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=8wPOIlJObJ+7YbVqy21soyDQket5zmzxqV8U7Rhq8JY=; b=HNG5qMXEw7VW9gTK8kext2Fr512wBBoBwlJQs9OHZqHy+4z+DwlBa3CPCKVPNFG/TP lYJdQokDY5a6tpzKT0QtYaV274QIxwXi+WaJGX9DFJMu9VlHpH4y/WTtJIgxkAHBEZyg Bh8mV4J2UnuhJLyEdJIps/25ufzmQEdfODeH4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=J9YuHY61QM86OaLP8057NGYwezRnzlUeOyAEN4FVT2+DKsIhzuHyWGjH2r8FC4ArEo vZ/+fSAu8YehfHZ3MBt6f1QdNNODq6FxCxwn0lv0q4t90mfMRU6bebdp8PvzxlYgogpz 2mXbULOP94Sg+WBJ7XWqniq5xj9HFLYaFjR4I= Original-Received: by 10.231.147.202 with SMTP id m10mr8914933ibv.2.1285574368509; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:59:28 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.231.195.34 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:59:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1sd3rzk7xy.fsf@voll.uninett.no> X-Spam-Score: -2.0 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:71957 Archived-At: On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Vegard Vesterheim wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:09:24 +0200 Tassilo Horn = wrote: > >> Hi Ted, >> >> I've just made my system a bit more secure by eventually encryting my >> .authinfo file. =C2=A0But now I have to enter my passwort for that file = *8* >> times per imap account! > > I'm seeing similar behaviour, I have to enter my password 4 > times. I have my credentials in .authinfo.gpg (no symlink) > > Upon starting emacs (emacs23 -f gnus-no-server), I get 2 prompts for > password. I assume that is because I have different 2 IMAP accounts. > > I have open IMAP connections at this stage, but if I now type '3 g' to > get email at level 3, I have to enter my password 2 times again. This > does not happen if I type '1 g' or '2 g'. Go figure. > > I run gpg-agent, and I also have set > epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption. Lars, I just confirmed that this is the same problem that I reported earlier with .authinfo.gpg, only in my case I have to type my GPG passphrase 10 times before I'm able to authenticate. I just didn't have the patience that Tassilo did to keep trying, so I thought it wasn't working at all. d