Re: Using TRAMP on Windows

[Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>]

Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:

> The contents are:
>
> plink   -ssh www.theserver.com && exit || exit
> login as:
>
> There are more traces in the debug buffer, I have tramp-verbose set to
> 6. The most interesting find I did was this:
>
> webtheserver@www.theserver.com's password:
> webtheserver@www.theserver.com's password:
> webtheserver@www.theserver.com's password:
> webtheserver@www.theserver.com's password:
> webtheserver@www.theserver.com's password:
> webtheserver@www.theserver.com's password:
> webtheserver@www.theserver.com's password:
> Access denied
> Access denied
> Access denied
> Access denied
> Access denied
> Access denied
> FATAL ERROR: Server sent disconnect message
> type 2 (protocol error):
> "Too many authentication failures for webtheserver"
>
> Process *tramp/pscp www.theserver.com* exited abnormally with code 1
>
> What's really weird about this is the fact that I'm logging in with
> the username "webtheserver1", not "webtheserver" as shown in the log!

Have you been asked for the password?

If not, likely auth-source.el is in action, trying to read a password
from whatever you have specified in auth-sources.

Best regards, Michael.