From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to set gnus authinfo file
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 10:17:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k2gvmdht.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r3bb53pb.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk>
asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
>> Ha, this is my idead: since `authinfo.gpg' is only for Gnus mail
>> authentication, why not put it under emacs directory? File under
>> home (~/.authinfo.gpg) should be used for the whole user
>> account. Is this reasonable?
>
> Do any other programs use ~/.authinfo.gpg?
I think so.
,----[ (info "(auth)Overview") ]
| The auth-source library is simply a way for Emacs and Gnus, among
| ^^^^^
| others, to answer the old burning question “What are my user name and
| ^^^^^^
| password?”
`----
And looking at my ~/.authinfo.gpg, I have at least two entries which are
not mail servers although I cannot remember why I've put them there.
One of them is the old Gnus git repository, so maybe Magit/VC are able
to read credentials there when pushing?
Bye,
Tassilo
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2016-06-12 6:12 Alice Bob
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2016-06-12 12:07 ` Alice Bob
2016-06-12 13:47 ` Emanuel Berg
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2016-07-03 11:17 ` Alice Bob
2016-07-03 12:03 ` Adam Sjøgren
2016-07-09 8:17 ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
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2016-07-11 15:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
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2016-07-03 12:47 ` Alice Bob
2016-07-25 20:44 ` Bill White
2016-07-26 8:26 ` Adam Sjøgren
2016-06-12 12:20 ` Adam Sjøgren
2016-06-12 12:32 ` Adam Sjøgren
2016-06-13 2:15 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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2016-07-03 11:20 ` Alice Bob
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