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bug#31475: 25.3; authinfo password backslash problem
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Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
bug#31475: 25.3; authinfo password backslash problem |
Date: |
Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:27:07 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Max Froumentin <max@lapin-bl.eu> writes:
Hi Max,
> Assumption:
> User's IMAP password has a backslash character ('\') in it.
>
> Steps:
> 1. Setup gnus so it connects to an imap backend
> 2. Start gnus
> 3. Enter the username and password of the IMAP account
> 4. Say yes to saving the credentials in .authinfo
> 5. Quit emacs
> 6. Restart emacs
> 7. M-x gnus
> 8. Authentication fails
>
> The password saved in the .authinfo file has its backlash escaped
> ('\\'). If the file is edited directly and the extra backslash is removed,
> authentication works again.
>
> In GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0, NS appkit-1504.83 Version
> 10.12.6 (Build 16G1036))
I cannot reproduce it here, using
In GNU Emacs 25.2.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.21)
The following is an extract of nnimap.el, which I have used for testing:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(progn
(require 'nnimap)
(let ((credentials (nnimap-credentials "address" "imap" "user")))
(funcall (nth 2 credentials))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
When I run this code snippet from a fresh Emacs started with "emacs -Q",
I am asked for
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
IMAP password for user@address:
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I enter "test\user" (without the apostrophs). Then I'm asked
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Save auth info to file ~/.authinfo [y/n/Ne/?]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Now I type "y" (without the apostrophs), and see the result of the
evaluation in the minibuffer. And in ~/.authinfo, there is a new line
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
machine address login user port imap password test\user
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Looks like expected. Could you pls run the same scenario on your
machine? Maybe there's a difference because you use macOS, and I use GNU
Linux.
Best regards, Michael.
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