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Re: TRAMP sudo method not asking for password
From: |
Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
Re: TRAMP sudo method not asking for password |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 06:59:51 +0100 |
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mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 27.0.50 |
On 2019-01-16, at 23:42, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
> Hi Marcin,
>
>>> And this IS documented. etc/NEWS says in the Tramp section
>>>
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> *** Validated passwords are saved by auth-source backends which support
>>> this.
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>>
>>> And in the Tramp manual, there is in (info "(tramp) Password handling")
>>>
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> If there doesn’t exist a proper entry, the password is read
>>> interactively. After successful login (verification of the password),
>>> it is offered to save a corresponding entry for further use by
>>> ‘auth-source’ backends which support this. This could be changed by
>>> setting the user option ‘auth-source-save-behavior’ to ‘nil’.
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Well, I don't often read NEWS. And the above is not very clear (it says
>> nothing about the .authinfo file, for instance).
>
> Why should it? Tramp uses auth-source, which has different backends. It
> is not only the .authinfo file which gets the passwords, other backends
> like the Secret Service API behave similar.
Well, I didn't know anything about it. (Perhaps not reading the TRAMP
manual was a mistake... Still, just a mention of auth-source *might* be
a good idea when discussing TRAMP in the Emacs manual. IDK.)
>> 1. Am I the only one that thinks that this change could be made a bit
>> more prominent? Like using something like yes-or-no-p (as opposed to
>> y-or-n-p) by default, for example? Saving passwords to a plain text
>> file is something big, which should not happen by accident, right?
>
> Again, we don't speak about plain files only. And yes, yes-or-no-p might
> fit better. This must be changed in auth-source.el.
>
> Let's wait for some few days, and if nobody objects, I'll change
> accordingly.
Thanks for the change (if it takes place), and for your time answering
my questions.
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl
- TRAMP sudo method not asking for password, Marcin Borkowski, 2019/01/12
- Re: TRAMP sudo method not asking for password, Marcin Borkowski, 2019/01/12
- Re: TRAMP sudo method not asking for password, Marcin Borkowski, 2019/01/12
- Re: TRAMP sudo method not asking for password, Michael Albinus, 2019/01/12
- Re: TRAMP sudo method not asking for password, Marcin Borkowski, 2019/01/16
- Re: TRAMP sudo method not asking for password, Michael Albinus, 2019/01/16
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