How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

[Jonathan Groll]

Is there a customisation option to stop TRAMP from asking for the sudo
password upon launching emacs? Sometimes I don't want to do any sudo
edits, but it still asks every time. This problem seems to have
started after I opened some buffers with /sudo::/ , from what I can
tell there is nothing in my .emacs or custom.el actively starting
tramp.

Many thanks,
Jonathan.

Re: How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

[Jason Rumney]

On Apr 16, 9:45 am, Jonathan Groll <li...@groll.co.za> wrote:

> This problem seems to have
> started after I opened some buffers with /sudo::/ , from what I can
> tell there is nothing in my .emacs or custom.el actively starting
> tramp.

Do you use desktop.el or some other package that saves state between
sessions?

Re: How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 16.04.2008 um 10:45 schrieb Jonathan Groll:
> This problem seems to have
> started after I opened some buffers with /sudo::/ , from what I can
> tell there is nothing in my .emacs or custom.el actively starting
> tramp.


Are you using session.el or desktop.el that some buffers are restored  
when GNU Emacs is launched?

Could you also report versions of GNU Emacs and of TRAMP, please!  
(variables emacs-version and tramp-version)

--
Greetings

   Pete

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Re: How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

[Joel J. Adamson]

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

> Is there a customisation option to stop TRAMP from asking for the sudo
> password upon launching emacs? Sometimes I don't want to do any sudo
> edits, but it still asks every time. This problem seems to have
> started after I opened some buffers with /sudo::/ , from what I can
> tell there is nothing in my .emacs or custom.el actively starting
> tramp.

The only time I get asked for the password at startup is if I closed
Emacs with desktop-save-mode set to t, and a "/su::" file open.  I make
sure to kill those buffers as soon as I'm done with them and then no
problems!

If, on the other hand, you still get this behavior then please file a
bug report.

Joel

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Re: How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

[Michael Albinus]

jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:

> Jonathan Groll  writes:
>
>> Is there a customisation option to stop TRAMP from asking for the sudo
>> password upon launching emacs? Sometimes I don't want to do any sudo
>> edits, but it still asks every time. This problem seems to have
>> started after I opened some buffers with /sudo::/ , from what I can
>> tell there is nothing in my .emacs or custom.el actively starting
>> tramp.
>
> The only time I get asked for the password at startup is if I closed
> Emacs with desktop-save-mode set to t, and a "/su::" file open.  I make
> sure to kill those buffers as soon as I'm done with them and then no
> problems!

Tramp 2.1 has a function to remove all remote buffers. The following
might help you (untested):

  (add-hook 'desktop-save-hook 'tramp-cleanup-all-buffers)

> If, on the other hand, you still get this behavior then please file a
> bug report.

Yes, please.

> Joel

Best regards, Michael.

Re: How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

[Jonathan Groll]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:32:53AM -0700, Jason Rumney wrote:
> On Apr 16, 9:45 am, Jonathan Groll <li...@groll.co.za> wrote:
> 
> > This problem seems to have
> > started after I opened some buffers with /sudo::/ , from what I can
> > tell there is nothing in my .emacs or custom.el actively starting
> > tramp.
> 
> Do you use desktop.el or some other package that saves state between
> sessions?

Aha! You've set me on the right track, it was:
(require 'recentf)
(recentf-mode 1)

Many thanks,
Jonathan.

Re: How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

[Michael Albinus]

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

> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:32:53AM -0700, Jason Rumney wrote:
>> On Apr 16, 9:45 am, Jonathan Groll  wrote:
>> 
>> > This problem seems to have
>> > started after I opened some buffers with /sudo::/ , from what I can
>> > tell there is nothing in my .emacs or custom.el actively starting
>> > tramp.
>> 
>> Do you use desktop.el or some other package that saves state between
>> sessions?
>
> Aha! You've set me on the right track, it was:
> (require 'recentf)
> (recentf-mode 1)

See variable `recentf-keep'. The following might prevent the trouble in
the future (I assume you're running Emacs 22):

  (add-to-list 'recentf-keep 'file-remote-p)

With Emacs 23, this won't be necessary.

> Many thanks,
> Jonathan.

Best regards, Michael.

Re: How to stop TRAMP from asking for sudo password on every startup?

[Joel J. Adamson]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:
>
>> Jonathan Groll  writes:
>>
>>> Is there a customisation option to stop TRAMP from asking for the sudo
>>> password upon launching emacs? Sometimes I don't want to do any sudo
>>> edits, but it still asks every time. This problem seems to have
>>> started after I opened some buffers with /sudo::/ , from what I can
>>> tell there is nothing in my .emacs or custom.el actively starting
>>> tramp.
>>
>> The only time I get asked for the password at startup is if I closed
>> Emacs with desktop-save-mode set to t, and a "/su::" file open.  I make
>> sure to kill those buffers as soon as I'm done with them and then no
>> problems!
>
> Tramp 2.1 has a function to remove all remote buffers. The following
> might help you (untested):
>
>   (add-hook 'desktop-save-hook 'tramp-cleanup-all-buffers)
>

Sweet!  That will save me thirty seconds at the end of every day ;)

Joel

-- 
Joel J. Adamson
Biostatistician
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA  02114
(617) 643-1432
(303) 880-3109
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