Questions tagged [tramp]
TRAMP is ‘Transparent Remote (file) Access, Multiple Protocol’ for editing remote files from Emacs.
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Tramp (from straight) fails in emacs 29
After switching to fc39, emacs fails to load tramp via my use-package statement:
(straight-use-package 'use-package)
(setq straight-use-package-by-default t)
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(use-package tramp)
The error is as ...
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org can't execute on remote machine
I have a .org file on my laptop that I use to run code on a remote server. However, when I try to execute the code I'm getting Tramp errors.
My local org file has the following header:
# -*- org-...
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Helm-projectile comes with docker-tramp, and haven't figured a way to solve it
I use Doom Emacs. When starting with an empty configuration and adding the following line:
(use-package! helm-projectile
:custom
(helm-projectile-on))
Save it and restart Emacs, then I get ...
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`tramp-verbose` setting has no effect on `*debug tramp*` buffer
Emacs 29.1, Tramp 2.6.0.29.1
I believe the log messages in the *debug tramp* buffer are slowing down TRAMP. With the tramp-verbose set to the default value of 1, my *debug tramp* buffer accumulated ...
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How to interact with fzf on remote machine with tramp mode
Suppose, we work on a remote server with project files. The project files are located in directory:
/ssh:server:/home/user/onetouch/lib
I created the following bash script:
#!/bin/bash
find /home/...
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How can I org-store-link when ssh sudo hopping?
I open the file like this, with hopping:
C-x C-f /ssh:b0ef@ximian|sudo:ximian:/etc/nixos/configuration.nix RET
If I call org-store link, I get this:
[[file:/sudo:root@ximian:/etc/nixos/configuration....
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Match multiple machines with criteria in connection-local-criteria-alist
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The actual problem I'm trying to solve is that Tramp does not use the PATH of the remote machine it's SSH-ing to. One workaround is to from the client set PATH depending on which machine ...
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Cannot save as root with tramp: “Unlocking file: Permission denied”
I'm using Emacs 27.1 in the terminal with tramp version 2.4.3.27.1. This is on a remote server over SSH.
I can load files as root using tramp paths such as: /sudo:root@hostname:/etc/hosts or /sudo::/...
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reopen-with-sudo command that works through tramp?
I have tried to define this command:
(defun etc-reopen-with-sudo ()
(interactive)
(let* ((vec (tramp-dissect-file-name (buffer-file-name (current-buffer))))
(method (tramp-file-name-method ...
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How to use connection-local-set-profiles to set inferior-ess-r-program when on using ESS over TRAMP?
This is a similar question to this other that remains unanswered.
I am doing some work in the R language with the ess package on emacs on a remote computer to which I connect via tramp/ssh. The remote ...
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"Tramp failed to connect" to any ssh server (gpg as an ssh agent)
Is anyone able to use Tramp with a gpg smart card or a gpg agent that manages ssh socket (so acts as an ssh agent)?
For me it fails with file-error "Tramp failed to connect. If this happens ...
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How to tell tramp to not ask me about autosave on local directory?
Sometimes, when I edit a file with tramp, it asks me:
"Autosave file on local temporary directory, do you want to continue?(yes or no)"
I want to continue in any case. How can I disable this ...
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Can eshell provide TRAMP auto-completion?
If I use find-file with a TRAMP method to navigate to a remote file in a docker or kubernetes container I'm provided with auto-completion:
C-x C-f /docker:frosty_cori:/home
In the example above, if I ...
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Freezing when using gdb via TRAMP with gdb-many-windows enabled
The problem may be because I am doing this via Tramp, connecting to an Amazon ec2 instance where gdb is installed.
I had Emacs 28.2, and now I've upgraded to 29.1 and the same problem occurs. If I ...
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Tramp resets file buffer encoding to UTF
I edit my files in cp1251 encoding.
This works fine on local host but when I save files on remote host using tramp it resets encoding to utf-8 constantly.
Even if I do (set-buffer-file-coding-system) ...
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dired, zip as a directory
With archivemount, one can mount a zip file. Is there any way to treat a zip file just like a directory in dired?
The we wouldn't have to unzip the archive, which takes time and you probably need to ...
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Why does TRAMP not work when ssh to a normal user?
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I setup a SSH server on a Gentoo machine.
I copied my identity file (public key) to the server under both the /root/.ssh and /home/i/.ssh (assuming the username is i).
And I edit my /etc/...
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Tramp Scan Error
I'm getting the following error from tramp (v2.6.0.29.1) when I attempt /-:|sudo:: and tramp-save-ad-hoc-proxies is true. I'm running this in a docker container in WSL2. I've tested it with my home ...
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With tramp, how to use a remote-shell that contains spaces in the path?
I'm using Linux and I'm trying to tramp into a Windows machine.
I'm trying to set the remote-shell option of tramp because tramp's default of /bin/sh doesn't work for a Windows remote host. I'd like ...
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Tramp from Linux into a Windows machine and use the language development server from the Windows machine with eglot?
I think everything is in the title.
I use Linux on a day to day basis.
I'm going to occasionally have to edit a C# project that is on a Windows machine. There is a C# development environment installed ...
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What configuration file should I modify to affect tramp configuration?
I am new to Emacs.
I run Linux. I'd like to tramp into a Windows machine, so that I can edit the files on the Windows machine from the comfort of my Linux system.
Apparently, you have to change the ...
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How to overwrite protected files in dired
I was trying to copy my some of my config folders to another system which was mounted with root privileges using dired. I opened both surrounding folders using /sudo::/... and tried to copy my files ...
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Edit File on USB :: umount Target is busy
If I insert a USB drive and edit a file on it, then kill the buffer, I have to wait atleast five minutes before I'm able to umount the drive
$ sudo umount /dev/sdl1
umount: /mnt/sdl1: target is busy.
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On tramp shell, commands like `head`, `tail`, `man`, `git log`, etc... output all text at once instead of prompting
I use tramp-shell for ssh to another machine. Setup as follows:
(defun spawn-shell (name)
"Invoke shell test"
(interactive "MName of shell buffer to create: ")
(pop-to-buffer ...
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Random warning popping up occasionally when using eshell
I occasionally get this warning while running eshell:
Warning (comp): tramp-loaddefs.el.gz:745:2478: Warning: reference to free variable ‘tramp-remote-path’
and was wondering how to fix it. According ...
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why does clocking into org mode task in one file require a network connection for different, tramp-connected file?
I have several files listed as org agenda files, one of which is loaded via ssh using tramp. I do all my time tracking in a different file, which is local to my computer. But when I don't have a ...
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Using tramp with "RemoteCommand"
I would like to tramp into a compute node of an HPC cluster.
That requires an ssh connection to a login node and then using srun to request an interactive session.
If using a terminal, all I need is ...
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Emacs/Tramp fails to connect with ssh key equiped with a passphrase
I have problem connecting via ssh using Tramp in Emacs on MS-Windows whenever the private ssh key I use is configured with a passphrase.
Here's the problem :
I. What works :
On the command line ssh -...
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Can I use a local language server for remote files?
Is it possible to have eglot use a language server running on my local machine to work on files on the remote machine?
I'm trying to edit TypeScript files on a remote server. I can visit the file just ...
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org-mode show image inline from remote server
I would like to execute a dot command from remote server, then show the output png image in my org-mode.
* remote dot demo
#+NAME:dotsrc
#+begin_example
digraph RecordShapedNodes {
rankdir="...
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How can I use Tramp's SSH on Windows 10 with the native ssh.exe?
Windows 10 has its own ssh.exe. I can use ssh.exe fine within eshell, but not for Tramp, e.g. /ssh:user@host:/tmp.
Is there any way to enable Tramp with the built-in ssh (OpenSSH_for_Windows_8.1p1, ...
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How to (temporarily) override the ssh executable that TRAMP uses?
For reasons that I don't want to get into, for some ssh connections I need to use an executable different from the one that TRAMP uses by default.
Therefore, I am looking for a convenient way to ...
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How to fallback to $HOME if Tramp failed to connect to default-directory
If I call find-file from a buffer with default-directory pointing to a remote server via TRAMP and the remote server is not reachable, then TRAMP complains:
tramp-signal-hook-function: Tramp failed ...
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Connecting a Windows VM from a Windows environment with Tramp
I've been beating my head against this all day and I cannot for the life of me figure out where this is going wrong. I am trying to connect to a Windows 11 VM from an emacs install on a Windows 10 ...
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Tramp to Windows
No matter what I try, I can't tramp to Windows;)
I need to turn on debugging, but where does this debug output end up?
All I see is a socket in /tmp when I enable this:
;The debug buffer is written as ...
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tramp: permission denied when connecting with ssh
tramp:
I am using the command:
/ssh:[email protected]:/home/owner/.ssh/handson.pem
I get permission denied. puplickey, wssapi-keyex, gssapi-with-mic
ssh in the shell works
I tried this solution,...
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Debug Magit ssh authentication failure over TRAMP
I am using TRAMP to interact with files on a remote Raspberry Pi device from my MacBook.
When I SSH into the remote device with the CLI, git is able to find the associated SSH keys and pull/push from ...
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how to configure Eglot over TRAMP?
On my laptop, I'm using eglot (sometimes lsp-mode) with pyright language server.
But Now I'm trying to write some python code on Raspberry Pi (using ssh/TRAMP, in local network, from my laptop). I ...
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how to execute sudo su --login username command with TRAMP
I have this weird setup that once I log onto our server with the sudo uat command, I will be logged in with my own user dadinn@uat. I have set up .ssh/config so that uat is really an alias for ...
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realgud sets wrong path through tramp when setting breakpoint through GUI
I'm on my Windows machine with a file open on a remote linux server through tramp. I'm using realgud:gdb to debug my C++ file. In the (gdb) prompt, I can set breakpoint just fine using
(gdb) b /path/...
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Problem connecting to webdav share with path in sharename using TRAMP
I would like to connect via TRAMP to a webdav share where I have some files. I can mount the share in Gnome 42 (Fedora linux) without a problem and explore it with Nautilus. However, when I try to use ...
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How to automatically convert between remote and local file names?
I have /local/laptop/dir mounted in my Docker container at /container/path. In Emacs tramp terms, it is /docker:container-id:/container/path. This also comes up when the user ssh to a remote system ...
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Using TRAMP for accessing Nextcloud
I would like to use TRAMP to access my Nextcloud server. The TRAMP documentation regarding Nextcloud is a bit cryptic and requires some 'Online Accounts' application, which seems to be available only ...
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Issue seeing files in dired directory or shell on remote machine
This used to work fine but seems to have broken today and I have not knowingly made any explicit changes to configuration.
If I use a standard terminal (mac) and ssh into my server I can visit a path ...
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How to use tramp with an SSH config file?
I have an ssh config file generated by vagrant ssh that looks like this
Host default
HostName 127.0.0.1
User vagrant
Port 2222
UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null
StrictHostKeyChecking no
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Run pre-commit hooks when using magit, poetry, and tramp
This is an emacs & magit version of the following question, with an added twist.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72839263/access-python-interpreter-in-vscode-version-controll-when-using-pre-...
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Projectile alternative optimized for TRAMP?
I really enjoy Projectile but it continuously doesn't play nice with TRAMP. I was wondering if there were any Projectile alternatives out there. I tried searching the internet but all I get all ...
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How to run initialization commands with tramp?
I would like to run some commands on remote host before giving control to tramp.
E.g., I would like to load easybuild modules to make sure that environment variables are set correctly for ESS.
My ...
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Stop Emacs from reconnecting to SSH when working with a stale TRAMP buffer
After leaving Emacs open overnight, the SSH connection expires.
However, the buffers that I left open, are still useful, and I want to continue working with them.
However, any action I do with Emacs (...
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Outputs are truncated in a remote shell buffer over `tramp`
When I run ps -ef | grep python3 in my kitty terminal, I get
root 2331 1 0 Jun22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher --run-startup-triggers
root 2667 1 ...
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