Suvayu Ali writes: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 08:50:35PM +0100, David Engster wrote: >> I'm at a loss why this happens, and I could not reproduce it with my >> account. This problem really has nothing to do with org-caldav, since it >> is delegating this part to the url package. As I've already written to >> Bastien, please try >> >> (url-retrieve-synchronously >> >> "https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/your-calendar...@group.calendar.google.com/events/";) >> >> If this doesn't ask for your username, then there's your >> problem. Depending on the Emacs version you're using, you might want to >> set >> >> (setq auth-source-debug t) >> >> to see whether some .netrc file or similar is setting the username for >> you (look into the *Messages* buffer). >> > > I see the same issue, I get only a password prompt. This is what I get > on trying your suggestion above. > > Contacting host: www.google.com:443 > auth-source-search: found 1 results (max 1) matching (:max 1 :host > "www.google.com:443" :port "https") > auth-source-search: found 1 CACHED results matching (:max 1 :host > "www.google.com:443" :port "https") > #<buffer *http www.google.com:443*-771021> > > I'm not sure from this if my netrc is being used.
Yes. The mesage "found 1 results" means it found an entry in your .netrc or .authinfo which matches. > My netrc also has the password for my Google account, if it is being > used should I even get a password prompt? The auth-source stuff can be a bit tricky. For https connections with the URL package, you need to use the following machine www.google.com:443 port https login USERNAME password PASS That's no typo: You have to use ":443" as well as "port https". See also (info "(auth)Help for users") -David
