tramp (2.1.7); ssh not default method

[mike kuhlen]

When I don't specify a connection method (/hostname:path/to/file),
tramp doesn't default to ssh and instead uses method 'nil', which
fails with a "env: nil: No such file or directory". When I do specify
the method (/ssh:hostname:path/to/file) everything works fine.

I have set tramp-default-method to "ssh" in my .emacs.

Thanks,

mike

p.s. I have attached the *tramp/foo* and *debug tramp/foo* buffers as
text files named: tramp_nil_habanero and debug_tramp_nil_habanero.


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2006-03-07 on 
hs20-bc1-6.build.redhat.com
Package: tramp (2.1.7)

current state:
==============
(setq
 tramp-current-method nil
 tramp-current-user nil
 tramp-current-host "habanero"
 tramp-auto-save-directory "~/.tramp-autosave"
 tramp-default-method "ssh"
 tramp-default-method-alist '((nil "%" "smb")
                  ("" "\\`\\(anonymous\\|ftp\\)\\'" "ftp")
                  ("\\`ftp\\." "" "ftp")
                  ("\\`localhost\\'" "\\`root\\'" "su"))
 tramp-default-host "localhost.localdomain"
 tramp-default-proxies-alist nil
 tramp-default-user "mqk"
 tramp-default-user-alist '(("smb" nil "") ("\\`su\\(do\\)?\\'" nil "root")
                ("\\`r\\(em\\)?\\(cp\\|sh\\)\\|telnet\\'" nil
                 "mqk")
                )
 tramp-rsh-end-of-line "\n"
 tramp-default-password-end-of-line "\n"
 tramp-remote-path '(tramp-default-remote-path "/usr/sbin" "/usr/local/bin"
             "/local/bin" "/local/freeware/bin" "/local/gnu/bin"
             "/usr/freeware/bin" "/usr/pkg/bin" "/usr/contrib/bin")
 tramp-login-prompt-regexp ".*ogin\\( .*\\)?: *"
 tramp-password-prompt-regexp "(base64-decode-string \"Xi4qXChbcFBdYXNzd29yZFx8cGFzc3BocmFzZVwpLio6AD8gKg==\""
 tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp "^.*\\(Connection \\(?:closed by foreign host\\.\\|refused\\)\\|Host key verification failed\\.\\|Login \\(?:[Ii]ncorrect\\)\\|N\\(?:ame or service not known\\|o supported authentication methods left to try!\\)\\|Permission denied\\.\\|Sorry, try again\\.\\|Tramp connection closed\\).*\\|^.*\\(Received signal [0-9]+\\).*"
 tramp-yesno-prompt-regexp "\\(Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)\\?\\)\\s-*"
 tramp-yn-prompt-regexp "\\(Store key in cache\\? (y/n)\\)\\s-*"
 tramp-terminal-prompt-regexp "\\(TERM = (.*)\\|Terminal type\\? \\[.*\\]\\)\\s-*"
 tramp-temp-name-prefix "tramp."
 tramp-file-name-structure '("^/\\(\\([a-zA-Z_0-9-]+\\):\\)?\\(\\([^:/     ]+\\)@\\)?\\([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\\(#[0-9]+\\)?\\)?:\\(.*$\\)" 2 4 5 7)
 tramp-file-name-regexp "\\`/[^/:]+:"
 tramp-methods '(("smb") ("ftp")
         ("rcp" (tramp-login-program "rsh") (tramp-copy-program "rcp")
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h") ("-l" "%u")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("scp" (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp")
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("scp1" (tramp-login-program "ssh")
          (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-1" "-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args ("-1")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("scp2" (tramp-login-program "ssh")
          (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-2" "-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args ("-2")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("scp1_old" (tramp-login-program "ssh1")
          (tramp-copy-program "scp1") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("scp2_old" (tramp-login-program "ssh2")
          (tramp-copy-program "scp2") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("sftp" (tramp-login-program "ssh")
          (tramp-copy-program "sftp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("rsync" (tramp-login-program "ssh")
          (tramp-copy-program "rsync") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args ("-e" "ssh"))
          (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-t")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("remcp" (tramp-login-program "remsh")
          (tramp-copy-program "rcp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h") ("-l" "%u")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("rsh" (tramp-login-program "rsh") (tramp-copy-program nil)
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h") ("-l" "%u")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("ssh" (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil)
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("ssh1" (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil)
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-1" "-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args ("-1")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("ssh2" (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil)
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-2" "-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args ("-2")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("ssh1_old" (tramp-login-program "ssh1")
          (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("ssh2_old" (tramp-login-program "ssh2")
          (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("-e" "none")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("remsh" (tramp-login-program "remsh")
          (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h") ("-l" "%u")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("telnet" (tramp-login-program "telnet")
          (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h"))) (tramp-copy-args nil)
          (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("su" (tramp-login-program "su") (tramp-copy-program nil)
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("-") ("%u"))) (tramp-copy-args nil)
          (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("sudo" (tramp-login-program "sudo") (tramp-copy-program nil)
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("-u" "%u") ("-s" "-p" "Password:")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("scpx" (tramp-login-program "ssh")
          (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p")
            ("-e" "none" "-t" "-t" "/bin/sh"))
           )
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("sshx" (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil)
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p")
            ("-e" "none" "-t" "-t" "/bin/sh"))
           )
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("krlogin" (tramp-login-program "krlogin")
          (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-x")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         ("plink" (tramp-login-program "plink")
          (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-P" "%p") ("-ssh")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy"))
         ("plink1" (tramp-login-program "plink")
          (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args
           (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-P" "%p") ("-1" "-ssh")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil)
          (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy"))
         ("pscp" (tramp-login-program "plink")
          (tramp-copy-program "pscp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-P" "%p") ("-ssh")))
          (tramp-copy-args ("-scp")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy"))
         ("psftp" (tramp-login-program "plink")
          (tramp-copy-program "pscp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh")
          (tramp-login-args ("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("-P" "%p") ("-ssh"))
          (tramp-copy-args ("-psftp")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy"))
         ("fcp" (tramp-login-program "fsh") (tramp-copy-program "fcp")
          (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh -i")
          (tramp-login-args (("%h") ("-l" "%u") ("sh" "-i")))
          (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p")
          (tramp-password-end-of-line nil))
         )
 tramp-end-of-output "///a71250693a273bf78a2ac31b0c25149a"
 tramp-local-coding-commands '((b64 base64-encode-region base64-decode-region)
                   (uu tramp-uuencode-region
                uudecode-decode-region)
                   (pack
                "perl -e 'binmode STDIN; binmode STDOUT; print pack(q{u*}, join q{}, <>)'" "perl -e 'binmode STDIN; binmode STDOUT; print unpack(q{u*}, join q{}, <>)'")
                   )
 tramp-remote-coding-commands '((b64 "mimencode -b" "mimencode -u -b")
                (b64 "mmencode -b" "mmencode -u -b")
                (b64 "recode data..base64"
                 "recode base64..data")
                (b64 tramp-perl-encode-with-module
                 tramp-perl-decode-with-module)
                (b64 tramp-perl-encode tramp-perl-decode)
                (uu "uuencode xxx" "uudecode -o /dev/stdout")
                (uu "uuencode xxx" "uudecode -o -")
                (uu "uuencode xxx" "uudecode -p")
                (uu "uuencode xxx" tramp-uudecode)
                (pack
                 "perl -e 'binmode STDIN; binmode STDOUT; print pack(q{u*}, join q{}, <>)'" "perl -e 'binmode STDIN; binmode STDOUT; print unpack(q{u*}, join q{}, <>)'")
                )
 tramp-actions-before-shell '((tramp-login-prompt-regexp tramp-action-login)
                  (tramp-password-prompt-regexp
                   tramp-action-password)
                  (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp
                   tramp-action-permission-denied)
                  (shell-prompt-pattern tramp-action-succeed)
                  (tramp-shell-prompt-pattern tramp-action-succeed)
                  (tramp-yesno-prompt-regexp tramp-action-yesno)
                  (tramp-yn-prompt-regexp tramp-action-yn)
                  (tramp-terminal-prompt-regexp
                   tramp-action-terminal)
                  (tramp-process-alive-regexp
                   tramp-action-process-alive)
                  )
 tramp-actions-copy-out-of-band '((tramp-password-prompt-regexp
                   tramp-action-password)
                  (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp
                   tramp-action-permission-denied)
                  (tramp-process-alive-regexp
                   tramp-action-out-of-band)
                  )
 tramp-terminal-type "dumb"
 tramp-shell-prompt-pattern "(base64-decode-string \"XlteIyQlPgpdKlsjJCU+XSAqXCgbXFtbMC05O10qW2EtekEtWl0gKlwpKg==\""
 tramp-backup-directory-alist nil
 tramp-cache-data '(([cl-struct-tramp-file-name "ssh" nil "habanero" nil]
             ("uname" "Linux 2.6.16-1.2070_FC5")
             ("default-remote-path" "/bin:/usr/bin") ("test" "test")
             ("/bin" t) ("/usr/bin" t) ("/usr/sbin" t)
             ("/usr/local/bin" t) ("/local/bin" nil)
             ("/local/freeware/bin" nil) ("/local/gnu/bin" nil)
             ("/usr/freeware/bin" nil) ("/usr/pkg/bin" nil)
             ("/usr/contrib/bin" nil) ("remote-shell" "/bin/sh")
             ("ls" "/bin/ls") ("file-exists" "test -e")
             ("stat" "\\stat") ("id" "/usr/bin/id")
             ("gid-integer" 501) ("perl" "\\perl")
             ("local-encoding" base64-encode-region)
             ("local-decoding" base64-decode-region)
             ("remote-encoding" tramp-perl-encode-with-module)
             ("remote-decoding" tramp-perl-decode-with-module))
            ([cl-struct-tramp-file-name nil nil "habanero" nil] nil))
 shell-prompt-pattern "^[^#$%>\n]*[#$%>] *"
 backup-by-copying nil
 backup-by-copying-when-linked nil
 backup-by-copying-when-mismatch nil
 backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch 200
 password-cache t
 password-cache-expiry 16
 backup-directory-alist nil
 file-name-handler-alist '(("\\.Z\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'\\|\\.bz2\\'\\|\\.tgz\\'\\|\\.g?z\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'" . jka-compr-handler)
               ("\\`/[^/:]+:" . tramp-file-name-handler)
               ("\\`/:" . file-name-non-special))
 )

(setq
 buffer-name "*tramp/nil habanero*"
 )

tramp_nil_habanero
Description: Binary data

debug_tramp_nil_habanero
Description: Binary data