I am starting emacs fresh from the shell, so I suppose nothing like that is retained between sessions, but I went ahead and did it anyway
ok done. looks like we dont have getconf installed for one thing.
;; GNU Emacs: 23.2.1 Tramp: 2.1.19-pre -*- mode: outline; -*-
15:38:04.538221 tramp-maybe-open-connection (3) # Opening connection for
address@hidden using ssh...
15:38:04.538221 tramp-maybe-open-connection (6) # /bin/sh
15:38:04.538221 tramp-wait-for-regexp (6) #
#$
15:38:04.538221 tramp-maybe-open-connection (3) # Sending command `exec ssh
jump0.wh.verio.net -l t.brannon -e none'
15:38:04.538221 tramp-process-actions (3) # Waiting for prompts from remote shell
15:38:05.258232 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(.*ogin\( .*\)?: *\)\'" from remote shell
15:38:05.258232 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(^.*\([pP]assword\|[pP]assphrase\).*:? *\)\'" from remote shell
15:38:05.258232 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Call `tramp-action-password'
15:38:05.258232 tramp-action-password (3) # Sending Password
15:38:07.738269 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(^.*\(Connection \(?:\(?:clo\|refu\)sed\)\|Host key verification failed\.\|Login \(?:[Ii]ncorrect\)\|N\(?:ame or service not known\|o supported authentication methods left to try!\)\|Permission denied\|\(?:Sorry, try again\|Timeout, server not responding\)\.\).*\|^.*\(Received signal [0-9]+\).*\)\'" from remote shell
15:38:07.738269 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(^[^#$%>
]*[#$%>] *\)\'" from remote shell
15:38:07.738269 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(\(?:^\|
\)[^#$%>
]*#?[#$%>] *\(\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z] *\)*\)\'" from remote shell
15:38:07.738269 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(\(Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)\?\)\s-*\)\'" from remote shell
15:38:07.738269 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(\(\(?:Store key in cache\? (y/\|Update cached key\? (y/n, Return cancels connectio\)n)\)\s-*\)\'" from remote shell
15:38:07.738269 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(\(TERM = (.*)\|Terminal type\? \[.*\]\)\s-*\)\'" from remote shell
15:38:07.738269 tramp-process-one-action (5) # Looking for regexp "\(\)\'" from remote shell