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From: "Steven E. Harris" <seh@panix.com>
Subject: Re: authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:37:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jk4d626zr4f.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4nacxaaloy.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com>

"Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> I was doing the caching wrong, it's fixed.  All the code is in CVS
> now, including the netrc.el changes (they won't do anything if you
> don't have gnus-encrypt-file-alist set).

I rebuilt Gnus from CVS and can confirm that using an encrypted
.authinfo file works as promised. I only get asked for my password
once and Gnus authenticates with all servers automatically.

> I also made gnus-encrypt-password-cache-expiry be a trigger for
> password-cache-expiry, meaning that setting the former automatically
> sets the latter.  If this is incorrect, please let me know.

One observation: Exiting Gnus seems to clear the password cache. Is
that intentional? If so, could it be optional? I sometimes quit Gnus
then restart it again soon afterward. I would have expected my
encryption password to be cached even when Gnus is not running.

Thanks again for your continued effort.

-- 
Steven E. Harris



  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-08-04 18:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-07-21 18:25 authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG Steven E.Harris
2004-07-23 16:22 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-23 17:16   ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-23 17:00     ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-23 21:39   ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-27 16:56     ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-27 18:12       ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-30 16:52         ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-02 23:06           ` Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
2004-08-03 17:09             ` Ted Zlatanov
     [not found]           ` <jk465858idw.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com>
     [not found]             ` <4n4qnl8mnw.fsf@lifelogs.com>
     [not found]               ` <jk4ekmp1iym.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com>
2004-08-03 17:11                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-03 21:47                   ` Steven E. Harris
2004-08-04 16:54                     ` authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now (was: authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG) Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-04 17:55                       ` authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now Simon Josefsson
2004-08-05 22:09                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 17:43                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 18:07                             ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-04 18:37                       ` Steven E. Harris [this message]
2004-08-05 22:05                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-05 22:59                           ` Steven E. Harris
2004-08-06 17:45                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 18:18                               ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-06 21:57                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-04 22:55                   ` authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG Steven E. Harris
2004-08-06 17:31                     ` Ted Zlatanov

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