Re: TRAMP password caching

[Michael Albinus]

Lars Hansen <address@hidden> writes:

> IFAICS this makes Tramp not work at all on current stable Debian
> GNU/Linux; the ssh version here barfs on the ControlMaster options.
> Maybe it's better not to use those options by default.

ControlMaster has been removed from the scp method now. It can be used
by a new method scpc, if desired.

The check for the default method chooses scp only in case password.el
is loaded or ssh-agent is running, otherwise it takes ssh. This should
be robust.

Best regards, Michael.