[Gnu-arch-users] proposal : ~/.authinfo

[Matthieu Moy]

Hi all,

I  didn't find any  other way  to specify  a password  for an  HTTP or
webdav archive than giving the password in clear in the URL like

http://user:address@hidden/

I don't  like this  very much,  because then, it  is displayed  on the
screen when one use a command like "tla archives". 

So, I would like to implement a ~/.authinfo mechanism. 

The file ~/.authinfo would contain several lines

machine XXX login YYY password ZZZ 

I'll first  try to implement  this for http authentication,  and then,
extend this  to proxy  authentication. (I've found  a patch  for proxy
authentication on  this list, but  it hadn't been accepted  because it
used environment variable.  Will this feature be accepted  if I manage
to implement it ?)

Any remarks on this ?

Should I implement  it on tla 1.2  or do you suggest I  upgrade to the
latest development version for that ? 

Thanks,

-- 
Matthieu