Manual update for Tramp

* doc/misc/tramp.texi (Password handling): Explain, how passwords
are saved permanently.

* etc/NEWS: auth-source Secret Service backend supports :create.
Tramp saves validated passwords.

diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 02ca75d8a43baafffa5831fd85d3c0171bfdd3ed..329c46bdaad42fddf8f1290f9719833f8242f8c5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -1675,6 +1675,13 @@ file name syntax, must be appended to the machine and login items:
 machine melancholia#4711 port davs login daniel%BIZARRE password geheim
 @end example
 
+@vindex auth-source-save-behavior
+If there doesn't exist a proper entry, the password is read
+interactively.  After successful login (verification of the password),
+it is offered to save a corresponding entry for further use by
+@code{auth-source} backends which support this.  This could be changed
+by setting the variable @code{auth-source-save-behavior} to @code{nil}.
+
 @vindex auth-source-debug
 Set @code{auth-source-debug} to @code{t} to debug messages.
 

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ca46c88ce62147151b3c4b127016d4a4266e229b..7d4abd384fb044e25d3a0559c794e54143071c00 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -396,17 +396,25 @@ To restore the old behavior, use
 Previously eshell/kill would fail if provided a kill signal to send to the
 process.  It now accepts signals specified either by name or by its number.
 
-
 ** Pcomplete
 *** The function 'pcomplete-uniquify-list' has been renamed from
 'pcomplete-uniqify-list'.
 
+
+** Auth-source
+
+---
+*** The Secret Service backend supports the :create key now.
+
 ** Tramp
 
 +++
 *** New connection method "owncloud", which allows to access OwnCloud
 or NextCloud hosted files and directories.
 
++++
+*** Validated passwords are saved by auth-source backends which support this.
+
 ---
 ** The options.el library has been removed.
 It was obsolete since Emacs 22.1, replaced by customize.