Re: run ssh in emacs

[Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net>]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 02:42:23PM -0500, Tory S. Anderson wrote:

> I do something similar (I think) with my web development, but I go
>  about it differently. I am already in emacs on my local machine and
>  use the `M-x shell` to then ssh into the remote machine. For file
>  management, I Tramp set up to use SSH by default, and I've had
>  success copying back and forth remote-to-local and vice versa that
>  way. Using dired/tramp, I can just highlight a file and hit "C"
>  (copy) and enter the local location, or the other way around. It
>  works pretty well for me (I've replaced putty and Filezilla with
>  emacs), and I was doing a split-screen local/remote just yesterday
>  with it.
> 
> - Tory

Thanks, Tory, that was a help. I was trying to run ssh from command
prompt rather than shell. 

Can I expand on my question with one that is a bit OT? I use ~/.netrc
(despite the hazards) to automate log in to remote machines. However
things seem to have changed over the years since I last used it. I have
a stanza like this, where anon will be the name of remote machine on the
LAN

   machine root@anon
        login root
        password <password>

When in Emacs I log into the remote machine with 

   C-x C-f /root@anon:/home/user

I am prompted for the password which is not automatically sent:

   Password for /scpc:root@anon

This "scpc" method is new to me. I tried putting into .netrc the machine
value scpc.root@anon and scpc:root@anon, but still am prompted for the
password. The Tramp manual and man netrc no help.

Haines