Thomas Carroll <
tomfecarroll@yahoo.com> writes:
Hi Tom,
> Very long time user of Tramp; depend on it heavily. Thanks for
> awesome software!
>
> Tramp is not working any longer with Solaris hosts it worked with
> previously. It seems to be fine with Linux hosts.
>
> Started with emacs -Q
>
> Recipe:
> C-x C-f
> /ssh:
sybase@lee:
>
> At this point I enter my password; despite entering it correctly, it
> prompts a second time for the password. I provide it again, and then
> the connection fails with the message you'll see below. The
> transcript from my messages buffer:
>
> Tramp: Opening connection for
sybase@lee using ssh...
> Tramp: Sending command ‘exec ssh -l sybase -o ControlMaster=auto -o
> ControlPath='tramp.%C' -o ControlPersist=no -e none lee’
> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...
> Tramp: Sending Password
> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...done
> Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on ‘lee’
> Tramp: Opening connection for
sybase@lee using ssh...failed
> Tramp: Opening connection for
sybase@lee using ssh...
> Tramp: Sending command ‘exec ssh -l sybase -o ControlMaster=auto -o
> ControlPath='tramp.%C' -o ControlPersist=no -e none lee’
> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...
> Tramp: Sending Password
> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...done
> Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on ‘lee’
> Tramp: Opening connection for
sybase@lee using ssh...failed
> tramp-file-name-handler: ‘tramp-histfile-override’ uses invalid file
> ‘~/.tramp_history’
There have been many discussions which value to set for
`tramp-histfile-override', see for example
<
https://debbugs.gnu.org/24478>. Unfortunately, there is no proper
default value satisfying everybody.
The error message means, you shall change the default value of that
variable.
> Thanks for any help!
Best regards, Michael.