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| From: | Vegard Vesterheim |
| Subject: | Re: Store news server authentication credentials for gnus in an encrypted manner. |
| Date: | Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:03:41 +0100 |
| User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:26:14 +0800 Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote: > I noticed the FAQ 3-3 for gnus at > <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/FAQ-3_002d3.html>, > which uses the file ~/.authinfo to store the news server > authentication information with file mode bits set to 600. > > But I want to know if there are some encrypted methods for such a job. > Any hints will be highly appreciated. Encrypt the data with GPG and save the data in ~/.authinfo.gpg. https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/keeping-secrets-in-emacs-gnupg-auth-sources https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnusEncryptedAuthInfo -- Vennlig hilsen/Best regards Vegard Vesterheim Senior Software engineer +47 48 11 98 98 vegard.vesterheim@uninett.no
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