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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: AUTHINFO
Date: 14 Feb 1998 17:01:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3d8gqmazr.fsf@sparky.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Jason R Mastaler's message of "13 Feb 1998 23:55:37 -0700"

Jason R Mastaler <jason@4b.org> writes:

> Hey great, function `nntp-send-nosy-authinfo' worked for me without help
> for the first time.  How bout adding a `nntp-send-nosy-authinfo-from-file' 
> to the list of available functions for those of us whose current login
> name differs from the NNTP server username we authenticate with?  I'm
> using the following at the moment.  My ~/.nntp-authinfo file has the
> username on the first line and the password on the second line.

I think there already are too many authinfo functions, so it's time to
do something radical:  Introduce something that looks like .netrc.  It
could be called .authinforc, and it could use syntax like:

machine news.uio.no login larsi password geheimnis 

If the password (and/or user name) is missing, it will be prompted
for.  I think the default authinfo function should do this, and if the
file doesn't exist, it should prompt for both user name and password.

I think I'll just copy the ange-ftp parsing functions (somewhat); they
can't be used directly, since the set bunches of ange-ftp variables.
I'll make a generalized version instead.

Any thoughts?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen


  reply	other threads:[~1998-02-14 16:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-02-13 18:51 AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-14  6:55 ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-14 16:01   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1998-02-14 17:03     ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-14 19:23       ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-14 19:31         ` AUTHINFO Hrvoje Niksic
1998-02-14 19:42           ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-14 20:38             ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-14 23:30               ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-15  5:28                 ` AUTHINFO Felix Lee
1998-02-15 13:32                 ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-15 13:48                   ` AUTHINFO Simon Josefsson
1998-02-15 14:49                     ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-15 18:15                       ` AUTHINFO Simon Josefsson
1998-02-15 22:05                         ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-16 10:36                           ` AUTHINFO Per Abrahamsen
1998-02-16 10:46                             ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-16 11:25                               ` AUTHINFO Per Abrahamsen
1998-02-16 18:53                                 ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-19  2:21                                   ` AUTHINFO Joev Dubach
1998-02-19  4:55                                     ` AUTHINFO Lloyd Zusman
1998-02-19 14:16                                       ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-19 15:26                                   ` AUTHINFO Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-15 14:32                   ` AUTHINFO Hrvoje Niksic
1998-02-15 17:19                     ` AUTHINFO Lloyd Zusman
1998-02-15 17:29                       ` AUTHINFO Hrvoje Niksic
1998-02-15 19:58                         ` AUTHINFO Andy Eskilsson
1998-02-15 22:04                       ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-15 19:34                     ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-16  8:13                     ` AUTHINFO Steinar Bang
1998-02-15 19:23                   ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-16 17:16                   ` AUTHINFO Justin Sheehy
1998-02-14 19:22     ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-16 16:27     ` feedback on AUTHINFO in qgnus-0.27 Steinar Bang
1998-02-16 18:58       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-17  7:48         ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-17  9:03           ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-18 12:15           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-17  8:41         ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-17  8:49           ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-18 12:19             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-18 16:44               ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-19 15:55             ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-20  2:31               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-20  8:16                 ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-20 10:36                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-20 14:27                     ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-20 21:39                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-20 22:34                       ` Aaron M. Ucko
1998-02-20 21:28                 ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-20 23:10                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-20 23:26                     ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-21  0:14                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-23 18:06                         ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-27 11:56                           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-27 15:58                             ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-28  5:45                               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-03-04 19:38                               ` Hallvard B Furuseth
1998-02-28  4:27                             ` Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-28  5:48                               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-02-03 16:09 Authinfo Andy Eskilsson
1998-02-08 15:55 ` Authinfo Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-08 16:56   ` Authinfo Steinar Bang
1998-02-08 17:24     ` Authinfo Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-09 17:40       ` Authinfo Steinar Bang
1997-05-04 10:55 authinfo Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren
1997-05-04 20:06 ` authinfo Hrvoje Nikšić
1997-05-05  6:49   ` authinfo Steinar Bang

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