Re: over-engineered (and under-standardized) inferior interfaces

[Michael Albinus]

Sam Steingold <address@hidden> writes:

> Now I am getting
>
> Tramp: Opening connection for address@hidden using sudo...
> Tramp: Sending command `exec ssh   -o
> ControlPath=/var/folders/5k/3w_vc1qs6pv4k3wvnrwr_5100000gn/T/address@hidden:%p
> -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=no -e none vertica'
> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...done
> Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `vertica'
> Tramp: Sending command `exec env SHELL=/bin/sh sudo -u dbadmin -s -H
> -p Password:'
> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...done
> Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `vertica'
> Tramp: Opening connection for address@hidden using sudo...done
> File error: "Searching for program", "no such file or directory", "vsql"
>
> despite
>
> vertica$ type vsql
> vsql is /usr/bin/vsql
>
> do you need the "debug" tramp buffer?

Yes, please. With tramp-verbose set to 6.

> also, when I use shell, "sudo -u dbadmin" asks me for a password.
> tramp does not.
> I wonder why.

Tramp uses a password cache. Likely, it is in action.

Best regards, Michael.