Re: tramp (2.0.52); Solaris /usr/bin/id -{u,g} doesn't work

[Michael Albinus]

Magnus Henoch <address@hidden> writes:

> I tried to log in on a Solaris host and open a directory, and got the
> backtrace below.  The cause is that the "gid" connection property is
> 'illegal, since running /usr/bin/id on Solaris with -u or -g gives:
>
> id: illegal option -- g
> Usage: id [-ap] [user]
>
> tramp-post-connection thus assigns non-numeric uid and gid connection
> properties.
>
> /usr/xpg4/bin/id accepts -u and -g as expected.

You are right. In Tramp 2.1, "/usr/xpg4/bin" is part of
`tramp-remote-path', and there is a check of POSIX conformity of
"id". I will backport this solution to Tramp 2.0.

As workaround, inserting "/usr/xpg4/bin" at the top of
`tramp-remote-path' might be sufficient.

Best regards, Michael.