From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: prad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: tramp ssh kludge [SOLVED] Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:17:39 -0700 Message-ID: <20090628221739.10cce6b5@gom> References: <20090628215059.0007c956@gom> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246261052 30593 80.91.229.12 (29 Jun 2009 07:37:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:37:32 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 29 09:37:25 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MLBQb-0002J3-8i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:37:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46445 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MLBQa-0006uQ-L7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:37:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ML9Ff-0005fB-17 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:17:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ML9Fa-0005ev-8L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:17:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36356 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ML9FZ-0005es-WF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:17:54 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:58494 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ML9FZ-0003Q3-MH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:17:53 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1ML9FX-0008Tj-D8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:17:51 +0000 Original-Received: from s0106001cf0c835a7.du.shawcable.net ([70.67.176.112]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:17:51 +0000 Original-Received: from prad by s0106001cf0c835a7.du.shawcable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:17:51 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s0106001cf0c835a7.du.shawcable.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.2; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:34:39 -0400 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:65630 Archived-At: On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:50:59 -0700 prad wrote: > according to the tramp manual if i want to connect through a different > ssh port i need to do: > /host#42: > which will pass -p 42 > > however, it hangs. connecting on the standard port without the kludge > was perfect. how do i connect using a different port? > just found a way to solve the issue by using sshx instead of ssh. put (setq tramp-default-method "sshx") in .emacs and the kludge works fine. anyone know why it's called a kludge? sounds somewhat derogatory. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's