From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "J. E. Lewis" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tramp with public key ssh Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:56:55 -0500 Message-ID: <20050223165655.GA9952@bluefalcon.louie.cc> References: <871xb8xb2g.fsf@ellen.trollope.org> <87d5urxup1.fsf@ellen.trollope.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109176016 15154 80.91.229.2 (23 Feb 2005 16:26:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:26:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 23 17:26:55 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3zLF-0001Sw-D7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:26:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3zcc-0007eO-RU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:44:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D3zcM-0007c4-Nd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:44:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D3zcJ-0007ai-Hn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:44:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3zcJ-0007YD-4T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:44:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.253.100.176] (helo=bluefalcon.louie.cc) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D3zJj-0004QC-QD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:24:52 -0500 Original-Received: by bluefalcon.louie.cc (Postfix, from userid 500) id CC59BEB1; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:56:55 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Michael Powe , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87d5urxup1.fsf@ellen.trollope.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:24281 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24281 On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 08:38:34AM -0500, Michael Powe wrote: > >> I am set up for an ssh public-key login to an account. When I > >> try to edit a file there via emacs + tramp, tramp asks for the > > >> Enter passphrase for key '/home/powem/.ssh/id_dsa': .......... > >> tramp: Sending password Enter passphrase for key > >> '/home/powem/.ssh/id_dsa': Enter passphrase for key > >> '/home/powem/.ssh/id_dsa': . Enter passphrase for key > >> '/home/powem/.ssh/id_dsa': .. Enter passphrase for key > >> '/home/powem/.ssh/id_dsa': ........ > > >> Any ideas on what might be happening here? I After the initial > >> password request, none of the other material shown appears in > >> the minibuffer. That is all just in the *Messages* buffer. Well it looks to me like an ssh public key issue. When you ssh to a box with your ssh pub-key on it it asks for your passphrase and not your passwd. If you type anything that is not your passphrase (other than a blank return) then it will prompt again for the passphrase and continue doing so until the blank return or 3 times or more pass. Then it will prompt for your passwd. If you start ssh-agent first and properly login to the agent then you will by pass the passphrase question and it should just login to the machine for you. Hope that helps. --jel-- a.k.a. Louie