Re: Tramp multi-hop on localhost: su:sudo

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

Jonathan Groll <lists@groll.co.za> writes:

> Only one odd thing - even though I'd already established a tramp
> session as:
> /su:otheruser@localhost:
>
> When I opened my first buffer using "C-x C-f /sudo:root@localhost:"
> (from an active buffer 'owned' by otheruser) it seemed to ask for
> otheruser's password again, i.e. it first asked for a password for
> /su:otheruser@localhost: and then it asked for a password for:
> /sudo:root@localhost:
>
> So in total I ended up entering the password for otheruser 3 times -
> it seems like my first tramp session as 'otheruser' did not get
> "reused". I presume the above is because of the proxy also getting a
> tramp session?

Yes. However, Tramp can reuse passwords. What is your value of
`password-cache-expiry'? Usually, it is the number of seconds how long
passwords are cached. Setting it to `nil' disables the expiration.

See also

  (info "(tramp)Password handling")

> Thank you and regards,
> Jonathan.

Best regards, Michael.