removing authinfo data from a running emacs

removing authinfo data from a running emacs

[Leo Butler]

Hello,

Periodically, I need to edit my .authinfo.gpg and have gnus pick up the
changes. I do this by killing emacs and starting a new session.

Surely, there is a smarter way to do this! Can someone enlighten me,
please?

TIA,
Leo

Re: removing authinfo data from a running emacs

[Jose A. Ortega Ruiz]

On Thu, Apr 21 2022, Leo Butler wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Periodically, I need to edit my .authinfo.gpg and have gnus pick up the
> changes. I do this by killing emacs and starting a new session.
>
> Surely, there is a smarter way to do this! Can someone enlighten me,
> please?

i think M-x auth-source-forget-all-cached is what you're looking for?

cheers,
jao
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Re: removing authinfo data from a running emacs

[Emanuel Berg via Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader (in English)]

Leo Butler wrote:

> Periodically, I need to edit my .authinfo.gpg and have gnus
> pick up the changes. I do this by killing emacs and starting
> a new session.
>
> Surely, there is a smarter way to do this! Can someone
> enlighten me, please?

(auth-source-pick-first-password :host "smtp.machines.eu")

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Re: removing authinfo data from a running emacs

[Leo Butler]

"Emanuel Berg via Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs
Usenet newsreader (in English)" <info-gnus-english@gnu.org> writes:

> Leo Butler wrote:
>
>> Periodically, I need to edit my .authinfo.gpg and have gnus
>> pick up the changes. I do this by killing emacs and starting
>> a new session.
>>
>> Surely, there is a smarter way to do this! Can someone
>> enlighten me, please?
>
> (auth-source-pick-first-password :host "smtp.machines.eu")

Thank you, both.

For reference, after editing and saving .authinfo.gpg, the following
worked for me:

(auth-source-forget-all-cached)
(auth-source-pick-first-password :host "smtp.example.com")

IIUC, the first command flushes the password-data for .authinfo.gpg, so
the next call to `auth-source-search' causes a re-reading of
.authinfo.gpg (as happens in the second line).

Leo

Re: removing authinfo data from a running emacs

[Emanuel Berg via Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader (in English)]

Leo Butler wrote:

>>> Surely, there is a smarter way to do this! Can someone
>>> enlighten me, please?
>>
>> (auth-source-pick-first-password :host "smtp.machines.eu")
>
> Thank you, both.

Np :)

> For reference, after editing and saving .authinfo.gpg, the
> following worked for me [...]

+1

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