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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg |
Date: | Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:51:48 -0500 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
>>> Or does (say) OS X (or Ubuntu) start a key chain when you log in, and >>> then Thunderbird consults that when it connects to the IMAP server? >> Exactly. So, yes, I want Emacs to support the system's keychain tool, >> since it's the right solution for the job. > auth-sources.el supports already secrets.el, which is an interface to > Gnome keyring and KWallet, respectively. So that's what we should use by default when available. > The problem is, that there is no default under which name a password is > stored there. Every application seems to use its own naming scheme. While it is probably a problem for users, I don't think it's a problem for Emacs: it just means that the password you store with one application won't automatically work in some other application when accessing the same service on the same host. Stefan
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