Bad Blue Bull writes: Hi, > Yes, I noticed it. C:\scripts doesn't even exist. > the instance of smbclient running according to ps -aux is > /usr/bin/smbclient //win2k/C$ -U nicolas -s /dev/null --option client > min protocol=NT1 > before I enter password. Then I enter password and then half minute > after: > /usr/bin/smbclient //win2k/src -U nicolas -s /dev/null --option client > min protocol=NT1 > I've no idea about these scripts and src 'shares'. Hmm, maybe there are some cache data in the way? What happens, if you start "emacs -Q ..."? > Why am I prompted for password every time? It's empty password saved > many times into ~/.authinfo. I'm already investigating this. I believe it is a bug in the auth.el package (it shouldn't write empty passwords), but I haven't finished analysis yet. A workaround for Tramp might be the appended patch. Best regards, Michael.