Re: TRAMP sudo method not asking for password

[Michael Albinus]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:

Hi Marcin,

>> There are several other packages using auth-source, none of them have a
>> respective hint in the Emacs manual. I don't see why Tramp needs an
>> exception.
>
> Until recently I had no idea about the existence of auth-source...

Indeed, the Emacs manual doesn't speak about authentication at all. I've
added a new section about to the manual, this might be a
beginner. Pushed to the emacs-26 branch.

> Thanks, and best regards,
>
> Marcin Borkowski

Best regards, Michael.