* Re: [PATCH] uri_imap: handle '/' as an IMAP hierarchy separator
@ 2021-09-14 20:12 7% ` Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2021-09-14 20:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev; +Cc: meta
Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 07:35:28PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:
> > Oops, I think the patch below should fix it.
>
> Yep, that worked. Thanks!
Cool.
> Good to know, thanks. Quick follow-up -- documentation says that .netrc should
> work, but I've found that even though I have the following entries in
> ~/.netrc, I still get prompted for credentials:
>
> machine imap.migadu.com
> login konstantin.ryabitsev@linux.dev
> password [...]
>
> The credential helper works after the initial "lei up" but I'm curious why
> .netrc isn't happy. Not a huge deal, seeing as that requires storing passwords
> in plaintext.
Ah, I forgot to update the docs again :x
My main concern with .netrc was actually inadvertantly sending
FTP auth info to an IMAP server just because they share the same
host.
Not sure if plaintext is a real problem on encrypted block
devices/filesystems. Ordinary users can't mlock(2) to prevent
in-memory passwords from hitting swap (thus I always use
encrypted swap).
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Subject: [PATCH] doc: update authentication notes for lei
~/.netrc isn't used by default any more, and I'm not sure it's
worthwhile to document the --netrc switch since it's rare for
non-FTP clients to support.
Followup-to: 9d11ed460ce113dd ("lei: do not read ~/.netrc by default")
Reported-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
---
Documentation/lei-convert.pod | 2 +-
Documentation/lei-import.pod | 2 +-
Documentation/lei-q.pod | 2 +-
Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod | 2 +-
4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-convert.pod b/Documentation/lei-convert.pod
index 7f372327..750ba54f 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-convert.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-convert.pod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lei convert [OPTIONS] (--stdin|-)
Convert messages to another format. C<LOCATION> is a source of
messages: a directory (Maildir), a file, or a URL (C<imap://>,
C<imaps://>, C<nntp://>, or C<nntps://>). URLs requiring
-authentication must use L<netrc(5)> and/or L<git-credential(1)> to
+authentication use L<git-credential(1)> to
fill in the username and password.
For a regular file, the location must have a C<E<lt>formatE<gt>:>
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-import.pod b/Documentation/lei-import.pod
index c29a085b..9322dfa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-import.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-import.pod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lei import [OPTIONS] (--stdin|-)
Import messages into the local storage of L<lei(1)>. C<LOCATION> is a
source of messages: a directory (Maildir), a file, or a URL
(C<imap://>, C<imaps://>, C<nntp://>, or C<nntps://>). URLs requiring
-authentication must use L<netrc(5)> and/or L<git-credential(1)> to
+authentication use L<git-credential(1)> to
fill in the username and password.
For a regular file, the location must have a C<E<lt>formatE<gt>:>
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-q.pod b/Documentation/lei-q.pod
index 1d9e66cd..2823ced8 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-q.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-q.pod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Destination for results (e.g., C</tmp/results-Maildir>,
C<imaps://user@mail.example.com/INBOX.test>, or
C<mboxcl2:/tmp/results-mboxcl2>). The prefix may be a supported protocol:
C<imap://> or C<imaps://>. URLs requiring
-authentication must use L<netrc(5)> and/or L<git-credential(1)> to
+authentication use L<git-credential(1)> to
fill in the username and password.
A prefix can specify the format of the output: C<maildir>,
diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod
index 5fa966be..e8f97c80 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ C<imap://> and C<imaps://> URLs:
This may be specified multiple times to combine several mailboxes
into a single public-inbox. URLs requiring authentication
-will require L<netrc(5)> and/or L<git-credential(1)> to fill
+will require L<netrc(5)> and/or L<git-credential(1)> (preferred) to fill
in the username and password.
Default: none
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