Re: FTP Attempts to Connect Via SSH or rlogin

[Kai Großjohann]

david@wheeler.net (David Wheeler) writes:

> I've just compiled Emacs from CVS (checked-out about 0300 GMT today)
> and am trying to use FTP to connect to a virtual ftp server I have
> running on a host. I'm using this to try to connect:
>
>   /ftp:username@hostname#2121:/
>
> When I do this, I see the message "tramp: Waitin 60s for propmt from
> remote shell". This tells me that Emacs is attempting to connect via
> SSH or rlogin rather than FTP. Note that the hostname does not start
> with "ftp". Yes, I do need to connect to port 2121. Am I doing
> something wrong?

I verified that this is a Tramp bug.  Got to fix it soonish.  But now
it's late here, let me go to bed first.

Sorry for the screwup.

kai
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