Re: TRAMP password caching

[Michael Albinus]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     According to the manual, password cashing works if password.el is
>     included in Emacs.
>
> Why does the situation with caching vary between ssh and scp?
> Why can't the scp method do whatever the ssh method does
> for passwords?

In the ssh case, there is only _one_ connection to the remote host,
requesting a password.

In the scp case, every file is transferred with a local
"scp /dir1/file1 address@hidden:/dir2/file2" command, which requests a
password again and again.

> What about if you use ssh-agent?  Does that solve the problem?

Of course, because neither ssh nor scp are requesting a password then.

Best regards,