Re: Using TRAMP on Windows

[Jonathan Groll <lists@groll.co.za>]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:58:54 +0100, Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/3/11 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
> >> From: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:35:08 +0100
> >> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> >>
> >> > FWIW, "C-x C-f /plink:USERNAME@SERVER:.emacs RET" works for me (with
> >> > PuTTY's plink and Pageant running).
> >> >
> >>
> >> This works for me as well, but without Pageant. So why doesn't it work
> >> doing it the standard way?
> >
> > Who said it doesn't?  It does for me, if I say
> >
> >   C-x C-f /USERNAME@SERVER:.emacs RET
> >
> > In your example, you didn't use the USERNAME@ part, perhaps that's the
> > reason.
> >
> 
> But TRAMP prompts me for the username when I omit it. I enter the
> username and then the password but authentication fails.

It doesn't prompt me for the username. If the username is ommitted, it
makes the assumption that the username is the same as the windows
domain user.

Cheers,
Jonathan
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