Re: Using TRAMP on Windows

[Deniz Dogan]

2011/3/11 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
>> From: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:00:14 +0100
>>
>> GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600) of 2011-02-08 on 3249CTO.
>>
>> I'm trying to edit some file on a server using TRAMP (SSH):
>>
>> C-x C-f /theserver:.emacs
>>
>> It asks me for the login name and the password, I type them in
>> correctly, but the password is not accepted.  This all works fine when
>> I connect using SSH in PuTTY.
>
> Does PuTTY ask for a password as well, or do you use Pageant?
>

PuTTY asks for both login and password, yes.

>> What am I doing wrong?  I have not modified any TRAMP settings.
>
> FWIW, "C-x C-f /plink:USERNAME@SERVER:.emacs RET" works for me (with
> PuTTY's plink and Pageant running).
>

This works for me as well, but without Pageant. So why doesn't it work
doing it the standard way?

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Deniz Dogan