tramp default method

tramp default method

[John Hunter]

I am using tramp to acceess remote files over ssh/scp.  I have the
following in my .emacs (and nothing else)

    (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/emacs/lisp/tramp/lisp") load-path))
    (require 'tramp)
    (setq tramp-default-method "scp")

and if I examine the variable tramp-default-method with
describe-variable it is indeed "scp".

If I open a file with C-x C-f /server:somefile I get prompted for a
password (I have passwordless login enabled over ssh) and an get an
ftp failure with the following message in the *ftp user@sever* buffer

    ftp> open server
    ftp: connect: Connection refused

If I give the tramp method explicitly, with 

   C-x C-f /[scp/server]somefile

it works.

Any ideas?  I was under the impression that tramp would be invoked
merely with the C-x C-f /server:file syntax

JDH

GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2002-04-29 on mother.paradise.lost
$Id: tramp.el,v 2.95 2002/04/10 17:16:25 kaig Exp $

Re: tramp default method

[Kai Grossjohann]

John Hunter <jdhunter@ace.bsd.uchicago.edu> writes:

> GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2002-04-29 on mother.paradise.lost
> $Id: tramp.el,v 2.95 2002/04/10 17:16:25 kaig Exp $

I think this is the last version on SourceForge, but Tramp has now
moved to Savannah.

http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tramp

Kai

tramp default method

[VR]

I am trying to use tramp for editing a file on a remote machine. It
always tries to go though ftp. I tried changing it to scp adding this
line in my custom.el

(setq tramp-default-method "scp")


but still no luck. 

Any suggestions?

Thanks
VR

Re: tramp default method

[VR]

>> I am trying to use tramp for editing a file on a remote machine. It
>> always tries to go though ftp. I tried changing it to scp adding this
>> line in my custom.el

>> (setq tramp-default-method "scp")


>Tramp's default method is "ssh" (or "plink" under MS Windows); so it
>is mysterious if it always takes "ftp". Are you sure Tramp is loaded?
>What is the output of "C-h v file-name-handler-alist" or "C-h v
>tramp-version"?

Yeah, so I thought. C-h v file-name-handler-alist gives:
`file-name-handler-alist' is a simple built-in variable.

Value: (("\\`/\\[.*\\]" . tramp-file-name-handler) ("^/[^/:]+:" .
remote-path-file-handler-function))


I can't seem to have the variable tramp-version in. I assume Tramp is
loaded, I get all sorts of tramp variables, but not everything, like
the one you just mentioned. Confused...

Thanks,
VR