Re: w32 ssh trouble

[Bruce Ingalls <bingalls@SpAmBlOcK.fit-zones.com>]

Kai Großjohann wrote:
> Bruce Ingalls <bingalls.NO_SPAM@fit-zones.com> writes:
>
>>>>I tried plink v0.53b (should be latest binary release), and I was
>>>>able to get the prompt for the password, when I run it inside M-x shell.
>>>>However, it does not recognize my password, even though I know that I
>>>>am entering it correctly.
>>>
>>>What happens when you use M-: (process-send-string nil "your-pw\n")
>>>RET to send the password?  What happens when you use \r instead of
>>>\n?  What happens when you use \r\n instead of \n?
>>
>>Well, It's a bit hard to do this, in the middle of a password prompt.
>>It tries to read in M-: (whatever control char that generates) as my
>>password.
> 
> Hm.  Well, you can remove comint-watch-for-password-prompt from
> comint-output-filter-functions.  That ought to remove the minibuffer
> prompt and thus you can do M-: normally.
> 
>>I did try to do a C-g (a second time, after I got a "Non echoed text"
>>prompt) and I noticed this phenomenon:
>>The shell seems to chop off the last 2 characters of my input.
> 
> Huh?  That's weird.
> 
> I could put stuff in Tramp that adds junk to passwords.  (Are we
> talking about Tramp?)  Surely I would do this if it makes users
> happy.  But it makes me feel REALLY REALLY uneasy.  *shudder*

I tried the above, and yes, it works.
I tried appending any 2 chars to the end, and this worked.

We are not talking about Tramp, yet. I figure that I have to get plink 
(ssh) working in M-x shell, before we can talk about Tramp.

Now that I can get plink working under M-x shell, I tried adding garbage 
to the end of my password in Tramp, but that did not work.
Unfortunately, this is not a good indicator, as Plink only works for me 
via protocol 1, and I'll have to fool with Tramp settings for this.

I understand your unease. The other solution is to pass in passwords, 
using Plink's -pw command line option.