Re: tramp-auto-auth.el --- TRAMP automatic authentication library

[Michael Albinus]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Stefan,

>> cluster remote hosts also for other resources? For example, in order to
>> say "users for a given host share the same password if they access via
>> 'ssh' or 'sftp' or 'scp'". Or if you say "the connection property [1]
>
> FWIW, additionally to ssh, sftp, and scp, one might also want to include
> protocols like IMAP or SMTP.
>
> Which then suggests that maybe doing this outside/above Tramp (e.g. in
> auth-source?), so it can be used by both Gnus and Tramp, would be
> even better.

Yes. The downside for Tramp would be, that it isn't backward compatible
anymore.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.