Re: Cannot connect to some hosts using tramp

[Angus Comber]

This is what I tried:

m-x tramp

c-x c-f /plink:acomber@uk-rhel53qa32:myextract.txt

Then I was prompted for my password.  I entered password and get these odd
messages in *scratch*:

Invalid help command foo.
open plink
Unknown host plink.
Invalid help command foo.
open plink
Unknown host plink.

I am not sure what the bar is called in Emacs but the grey bar at the foot
of Emacs says:

-1\**-   *ftp acomber@plink*    All L7    (Internal Ange-ftp:no
process)-------------

Angus




On 16 April 2014 10:03, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> wrote:

> Angus Comber <anguscomber@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Angus,
>
> > I would really like to get this to work.
>
> Me too :-)
>
> > I am wondering if I need to set a default username in putty? I have
> > seen notes on Pageant??? Maybe I need to configure or do something
> > with that.
>
> Not needed. All information could be in the file name.
>
> > I am also on a fairly old version of emacs, 23.3.1, so I can try the
> > latest version. I did try that too, and for some reason it looked like
> > default was to use FTP because I always so a message indicating FTP
> > was being used.
>
> That's strange, yes. But if you set the method in the file name, it
> shouldn't matter what's the default.
>
> > And I am running Windows which probably doesn't help either, Windows
> > 7. Can't do anything about that though.
>
> Well, personally I don't use MS Windows. But there are people using
> Tramp on this, so it shall be possible :-)
>
> > Any suggestions as good places to start would be greatly appreciated.
>
> First try to use a full remote path name, as proposed already. Since you
> are using PuTTY, the path name might be
> "/plink:acomber@uk-rhel53qa32:myextract.txt"
>
> What happens, if you open a file like this (without the double quotes,
> of course)?
>
> > Angus
>
> Best regards, Michael.
>