* doc/misc/tramp.texi (Password handling): Explain Ange FTP case.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index a0b65d58b55..874c1da1d9f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -1669,6 +1669,16 @@ by setting the user option @code{auth-source-save-behavior} to @code{nil}.
 @vindex auth-source-debug
 Set @code{auth-source-debug} to @code{t} to debug messages.
 
+@vindex ange-ftp-netrc-filename
+@strong{Note} that @file{auth-source.el} is not used for @option{ftp}
+connections, because @value{tramp} passes the work to Ange FTP.  If
+you want, for example, use your @file{~/.authinfo.gpg} authentication
+file, you must customize @code{ange-ftp-netrc-filename}:
+
+@lisp
+(customize-set-variable 'ange-ftp-netrc-filename "~/.authinfo.gpg")
+@end lisp
+
 
 @anchor{Caching passwords}
 @subsection Caching passwords
@@ -4036,7 +4046,7 @@ export EDITOR=/path/to/emacsclient.sh
 
 
 @item
-How to determine wheter a buffer is remote?
+How to determine whether a buffer is remote?
 
 The buffer-local variable @code{default-directory} tells this.  If the
 form @code{(file-remote-p default-directory)} returns non-@code{nil},