Enter your bug report in this message, including as much detail as you possibly can about the problem, what you did to cause it and what the local and remote machines are.
If you can give a simple set of instructions to make this bug happen reliably, please include those. Thank you for helping kill bugs in TRAMP. Another useful thing to do is to put (setq tramp-debug-buffer t) in the ~/.emacs file and to repeat the bug. Then, include the contents of the *tramp/foo* buffer and the *debug tramp/foo* buffer in your bug report. --bug report follows this line-- To me it looks like it times out, and defaults to "Login failed" (even though the docs say you only get that when you get a login error from the target system, if I read the source right, it seems to be the default when it cannot recognize the logged in state). Remote logins don't work either. (Or did you want me to sent this to tramp-devel?) Emacs : GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2005-10-03 on trouble, modified by Debian Package: tramp (2.0.52) current state: ============== (setq tramp-ls-command nil tramp-test-groks-nt nil tramp-file-exists-command nil tramp-current-multi-method nil tramp-current-method nil tramp-current-user nil tramp-current-host nil tramp-auto-save-directory nil tramp-default-method "sshx" tramp-rsh-end-of-line "\n" tramp-default-password-end-of-line "\n" tramp-remote-path '("/bin" "/usr/bin" "/usr/sbin" "/usr/local/bin" "/usr/ccs/bin" "/local/bin" "/local/freeware/bin" "/local/gnu/bin" "/usr/freeware/bin" "/usr/pkg/bin" "/usr/contrib/bin") tramp-login-prompt-regexp ".*ogin\\( .*\\)?: *" ;; variable encoded due to non-printable characters tramp-password-prompt-regexp (base64-decode-string "Xi4qXChbcFBdYXNzd29yZFx8cGFzc3BocmFzZVwpLio6AD8gKg==") tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp "^.*\\(Connection \\(?:\\(?:clo\\|refu\\)sed\\)\\|Host key verification failed\\.\\|Login \\(?:[Ii]ncorrect\\)\\|Name or service not known\\|\\(?:Permission denied\\|Sorry, try again\\)\\.\\).*\\|^.*\\(Received signal [0-9]+\\).*" tramp-yesno-prompt-regexp "\\(Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)\\?\\)\\s-*" tramp-yn-prompt-regexp "\\(Store key in cache\\? (y/n)\\)\\s-*" tramp-terminal-prompt-regexp "\\(TERM = (.*)\\|Terminal type\\? \\[.*\\]\\)\\s-*" tramp-temp-name-prefix "tramp." tramp-file-name-structure '("^/\\(\\([a-zA-Z_0-9-]+\\):\\)?\\(\\([^:/ ]*\\)@\\)?\\([a-zA-Z0-9_.#-]*\\):\\(.*$\\)" 2 4 5 6) tramp-file-name-regexp "\\`/[^/:]+:" tramp-multi-file-name-structure '("^/\\(\\([a-zA-Z_0-9-]+\\)\\)?\\(\\(:%s\\)+\\)?:\\(.*$\\)" 2 3 -1) tramp-multi-file-name-hop-structure '("\\([a-zA-Z_0-9-]+\\):\\([^:/ ]*\\)@\\([a-zA-Z0-9_.#-]*\\)" 1 2 3) tramp-multi-methods '("multi" "multiu") tramp-multi-connection-function-alist '(("telnet" tramp-multi-connect-telnet "telnet %h%n") ("rsh" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "rsh %h -l %u%n") ("remsh" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "remsh %h -l %u%n") ("ssh" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "ssh %h -l %u%n") ("ssht" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "ssh %h -e none -t -t -l %u%n") ("su" tramp-multi-connect-su "su - %u%n") ("sudo" tramp-multi-connect-su "sudo -u %u -s -p Password:%n")) tramp-methods '(("smb") ("ftp") ("rcp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "rsh") (tramp-copy-program "rcp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp1" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-1" "-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-1")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp2" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-2" "-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-2")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp1_old" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh1") (tramp-copy-program "scp1") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp2_old" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh2") (tramp-copy-program "scp2") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("rsync" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "rsync") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-e" "ssh")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-t") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("remcp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "remsh") (tramp-copy-program "rcp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("rsh" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "rsh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh1" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-1" "-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-1")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh2" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-2" "-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-2")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh1_old" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh1") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh2_old" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh2") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("remsh" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "remsh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("telnet" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-telnet) (tramp-login-program "telnet") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("su" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-su) (tramp-login-program "su") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-" "%u")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("sudo" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-su) (tramp-login-program "sudo") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-u" "%u" "-s" "-p" "Password:")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("multi" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-multi) (tramp-login-program nil) (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scpx" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none" "-t" "-t" "/bin/sh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("sshx" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none" "-t" "-t" "/bin/sh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("krlogin" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "krlogin") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-x")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("plink" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "plink") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-ssh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy")) ("plink1" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "plink") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-1" "-ssh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy")) ("pscp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "plink") (tramp-copy-program "pscp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-ssh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy")) ("fcp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "fsh") (tramp-copy-program "fcp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh -i") (tramp-login-args ("sh" "-i")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ) tramp-end-of-output "///433d6a99f83d91725327d70250401f0e" tramp-coding-commands '(("mimencode -b" "mimencode -u -b" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ("mmencode -b" "mmencode -u -b" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ("recode data..base64" "recode base64..data" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ("uuencode xxx" "uudecode -o /dev/stdout" tramp-uuencode-region uudecode-decode-region) ("uuencode xxx" "uudecode -o -" tramp-uuencode-region uudecode-decode-region) ("uuencode xxx" "uudecode -p" tramp-uuencode-region uudecode-decode-region) ("uuencode xxx" "tramp_uudecode" tramp-uuencode-region uudecode-decode-region) ("tramp_encode_with_module" "tramp_decode_with_module" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ("tramp_encode" "tramp_decode" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region)) tramp-actions-before-shell '((tramp-password-prompt-regexp tramp-action-password) (tramp-login-prompt-regexp tramp-action-login) (shell-prompt-pattern tramp-action-succeed) (tramp-shell-prompt-pattern tramp-action-succeed) (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp tramp-action-permission-denied) (tramp-yesno-prompt-regexp tramp-action-yesno) (tramp-yn-prompt-regexp tramp-action-yn) (tramp-terminal-prompt-regexp tramp-action-terminal) (tramp-process-alive-regexp tramp-action-process-alive)) tramp-actions-copy-out-of-band '((tramp-password-prompt-regexp tramp-action-password) (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp tramp-action-permission-denied) (tramp-process-alive-regexp tramp-action-out-of-band)) tramp-multi-actions '((tramp-password-prompt-regexp tramp-multi-action-password) (tramp-login-prompt-regexp tramp-multi-action-login) (shell-prompt-pattern tramp-multi-action-succeed) (tramp-shell-prompt-pattern tramp-multi-action-succeed) (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp tramp-multi-action-permission-denied) (tramp-process-alive-regexp tramp-multi-action-process-alive)) tramp-terminal-type "dumb" ;; variable encoded due to non-printable characters tramp-shell-prompt-pattern (base64-decode-string "XlteIyQlPgpdKlsjJCU+XSAqXCgbXFtbMC05O10qW2EtekEtWl0gKlwpKg==") tramp-chunksize nil tramp-backup-directory-alist nil shell-prompt-pattern "^[^#$%>\n]*[#$%>] *" backup-by-copying nil backup-by-copying-when-linked nil backup-by-copying-when-mismatch t backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch 200 password-cache t password-cache-expiry 16 backup-directory-alist nil file-name-handler-alist '(("\\.Z\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'\\|\\.bz2\\'\\|\\.tgz\\'\\|\\.g?z\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'" . jka-compr-handler) ("^/[^/]*$" . tramp-completion-file-name-handler) ("\\`/[^/:]+:" . tramp-file-name-handler) ("\\`/:" . file-name-non-special)) ) -- Jürgen A. 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