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bug#34145: 27.0.50; Writing .authinfo needs better confirmation
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#34145: 27.0.50; Writing .authinfo needs better confirmation |
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Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:21:14 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
> A Tramp user has reported recently, that writing a password into
> .authinfo happened too easily, without proper confirmation
> request. Granted, there was a `y-or-no-p' style question, but obviously
> he has accepted w/o thinking too much. See
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2019-01/msg00054.html>.
>
> Since this is sensible data, he proposes to make it harder to
> confirm. `auth-source-netrc-saver' should offer an alternative
> confirmation prompt, more like `yes-or-no-p'. Which prompt to apply
> should be configurable.
It's a multiple-choice thing:
(concat "(y)es, save\n"
"(n)o but use the info\n"
"(N)o and don't ask to save again\n"
"(e)dit the line\n"
"(?) for help as you can see.\n"))
So I don't think a yes-or-no-p-like action here is practical.
Anybody got an opinion?
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- bug#34145: 27.0.50; Writing .authinfo needs better confirmation,
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