Re: ipv6 and Tramp.

[Michael Albinus]

Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:

[keeping help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org in Cc, for the archives]

> Michael,

Hi Óscar,

> I was unable to use Tramp for connecting to a OS/X ssh server via ipv6
> on Windows with plink. This is the output on the *Messages* buffer:
>
> Tramp: Opening connection for ofv@x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x using plink...
> Tramp: Waiting 60s for local shell to come up...
> Tramp: Sending command `plink x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x -l ofv  -ssh && exit || exit'
> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell
> File error: Process died
> completion--some: Process died

What happens, if you call "plink x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x -l ofv -ssh" in a
command window? Maybe there are problems in general with IPv6 addresses,
if you are on a w32 machine?

> On my experience, Tramp on Windows is quite slow a problematic, so I'll
> use a Linux machine next time.

Yes, please do.

> Thanks for for your great work on Tramp.
>
> Best regards,

Best regards, Michael.