Re: tramp: password prompt

[grossjoh@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Kai Großjohann)]

"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@storm.ca._nospam> writes:

>     I'm having some problems with tramp. If I'm using ssh-agent to supply the
> passcode on the key, I have no problems since there's no password prompt.
> However, the way I'm using it, I typically get prompted for the passcode on
> the key I've installed on the remote server:
>
> ie.
>
> [msoulier@tigger msoulier]$ ssh rabbit
> Enter passphrase for RSA key '/home/msoulier/.ssh/identity':
>
>     Tramp does not prompt me when this prompt comes up, it just times out.

If you try to use Tramp, do you then see that prompt in the
*tramp/foo* buffer after it times out?

> Also, I often get prompted twice when I am at work, once for the passcode,
> once for the remote user password. 

What's your local system?  Some people, especially using plink on
Windows, need to set the variable tramp-password-end-of-line to
"\r\n".

kai
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