Re: tramp (2.1.15-pre); [Feature Request] Multihop sudo

[David Abrahams]

on Wed Jan 21 2009, David Abrahams <dave-AT-boostpro.com> wrote:

> on Wed Jan 21 2009, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus-AT-gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> David Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> So I'd like a way to ssh in as 'dave' and then do a sudo on the remote
>>> machine (through tramp of course), where it would ask for a password as
>>> usual.
>
> ...
>
>
>>>From the Tramp manual, section 4.8 "Connecting to a remote host using
>> multiple hops":
>
> <schnipp>
>
>>> Ideally there would be a customization interface that simply
>>> allowed me to list the servers that should be treated in that way when I
>>> use the sudo method.
>>
>> That is on the todo list already. Unfortunately, I haven't enough time.
>
> Awesome; you think of everything!  Sorry, I did RTFM but I didn't find
> this.  Wow, there it is, staring me in the face.  Anywaya, thanks again.

OK, this is *almost* what I needed.  I really want a way to say *don't
multihop when it's localhost*, so I can have a fallback rule that uses
`.+' as the pattern for the hostname.  Any chance of that one?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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