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| author | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2021-01-10 15:32:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2021-01-10 15:32:57 +0100 |
| commit | 9717ba930975d772412c65b0e2dbb9258cf502bd (patch) | |
| tree | 2db98658dca035411ed5173143efa0668109005d /doc/misc/auth.texi | |
| parent | e186af261a4ed0fbcf8cbb35374b69582f42f25b (diff) | |
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Specify precedence in .authinfo files
* doc/misc/auth.texi (Help for users): Mention placing more
specific entries first (bug#45711).
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diff --git a/doc/misc/auth.texi b/doc/misc/auth.texi index d810f15c802..034004d1df4 100644 --- a/doc/misc/auth.texi +++ b/doc/misc/auth.texi @@ -107,6 +107,18 @@ The @code{user} is the user name. It's known as @var{:user} in @code{auth-source-search} queries. You can also use @code{login} and @code{account}. +Matching entries are usually used in the order they appear, so placing +the most specific entries first in the file is a good idea. For +instance: + +@example +machine example.com login foobar password geheimnis port smtp +machine example.com login foobar password hemmelig +@end example + +Here we're using one password for the @code{smtp} service, and a +different one for all the other services. + You can also use this file to specify client certificates to use when setting up TLS connections. The format is: |