On Mon, Dec 04 2023, "Otto J. Makela" <o...@iki.fi> wrote: > On 12/4/23 16:15, CHENG Gao via Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the > GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader (in English) wrote: >> * On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 11:45:51 +0200 >> * Also sprach "Otto J. Makela" <o...@iki.fi>: >> >>> Setting epg-pinentry-mode to be 'loopback' does not seem to >>> make any change here, it still asks for username and password. >> Try (setq epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback) if not yet. HTH. > > As I said, it does not seem to make a difference (still asks for > username and password instead of reading them from .authinfo) when I > added that setq into my .emacs, except it really is that value now: > > epg-pinentry-mode is a variable defined in ‘epg-config.el’. > > Its value is ‘loopback’ > Original value was nil > > What are your suggestion on how should I go about debugging what goes awry?
I have had a similar experiences in the past. It was caused by the username and/or servername in .authinfo.gpg not matching. I repeatedly missed the problem, because I was convinced the problem was elsewhere. Is this a possibility for you? Best, Leo
