Questions tagged [tramp]
TRAMP is ‘Transparent Remote (file) Access, Multiple Protocol’ for editing remote files from Emacs.
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How to disable eldoc when using TRAMP (editing files over SSH)
Eldoc really bogs down the editor when used over SSH with TRAMP. I want to disable it in those cases.
What I've tried is this:
(defun no-tramp-eldoc ()
(interactive)
(when (string-prefix-p "...
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Disable ispell when using Tramp
In my Spacemacs, I enabled the spell-checking layer which enables ispell. I noticed that my Tramp connection is very slow, and after debugging, I found that one of the causes is ispell:
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dired-do-copy in tramp does not go to local when `\ C-j` is pressed. File path stays in the same directory
I am using dired-do-copy to copy a file from remote using tramp to local.
When Copy file to path is promted. I used / C-j to go to local path but the path stays in the same directory , does not go to ...
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Getting MacOS Emacs + remote Ubuntu + rtags + company + TRAMP to work?
My development environment works as follows:
Working locally on a MacOS laptop with Emacs without a local code repository (or any development tools e.g. clang)
Code is remote on an Ubuntu development ...
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Helm expands ~. Is it possible to expand other “aliases” as well?
Apparently anaconda-mode provides eldoc support on remote files, but it kinda breaks TRAMP if the remote file name contains an ssh alias (TRAMP will keep reconnecting over and over).
It is ...
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Emacs tramp on chroot directory
I have chroot directory.
When I try to open /ssh:web@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/, Emacs returns “Found remote shell prompt on”.
From console I login to directory.
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Editing a file with emacs over ssh on remote machine
I am editing configuration files with emacs on remote hosts using ssh connection. It works perfectly. But I recently made RSA keys and now I can connect to these hosts with the keys without password, ...
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Chown with dired over Tramp, from Windows machine
I launch dired over Tramp (from Win machine to Linux server):
C-x d /plink:user@server|su:root@server:/path-to-folder-controlled-by-root/
Then I type "O" to chown a folder, but I get chown not ...
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Async Rsync Dired error on tramp file not found
I am trying to copy files from one directory on a remote computer to another directory on the same remote computer.
Using Dired I can open up the two directories, mark the files I want to copy and ...
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tramp seems to always use out-of-band methods for a simple copy or rename, despite both files being remote
I noticed a huge slowdown when renaming a remote directory via tramp in dired mode, especially pronounced when the remote host had a slow internet connection.
I investigated and saw tramp was first ...
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Use Eshell with Tramp, from a Windows computer to a Linux server
I use a Windows computer to control servers through Tramp (with plink).
Here's my setup:
(setq explicit-shell-file-name "/bin/bash")
(setq default-directory "/plink:user@server:~")
Now when I run M-...
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always prompt for default directory when opening interactive subshell
When I invoke C-u M-x shell while visiting a local file or scratch buffer, emacs does not prompt me to enter the default directory for the shell.
But if I'm visiting a remote file or directory ...
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Tramp hanging on writing or opening file
Tramp consistently hangs, for me, when opening or writing a remote file. None of the ‘why is Tramp hanging...?’ resources I've found seem to address my situation.
What's odd is that this used to ...
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Multi-processing via TRAMP with asynchronous shell commands
I found the following code in TRAMP:
(defun tramp-adb-handle-shell-command
(command &optional output-buffer error-buffer)
"Like `shell-command' for Tramp files."
(let* ((asynchronous (...
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tramp-default-method has no effect
I have a config file to setup defaults for tramp. For the purposes of this example foo and bar are hosts defined in /etc/hosts.
(require 'tramp)
(setq tramp-default-method "ssh")
(add-to-list 'tramp-...
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Tramp hangs in “Waiting for prompts from remote shell”
new emacs user here.
I'm trying to get tramp to work but can't figure out what's wrong. I do:
M-x councel-tramp
select /ssh:myserver
But I just get "Waiting for prompts from remote shell" and it ...
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How connect to remote machine by private key on Tramp mode?
From my machine Windows 10, I connect to remote Linux machine by private like this (in console)
ssh -i d:\Remote\key\privatekey myLogin@some_remote_host
success connect:
Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.4 ...
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Magit Tramp not showing diff window
When using magit on a local file, I stage my changes and
I then press c and c again to commit. I get a new window showing the diff and a window for the commit message. I write my commit message press ...
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How to create a short name for tramp multihop path?
I connect to various locations, for example:
/ssh:hostname|sudo:hostname:/
/ssh:hostname|sudo:hostname|docker:container:/
and want to have some kind of short aliases for these long paths.
Something ...
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How to get Emacs use the Ubuntu login password for tramp
Ubuntu 16.04 Emacs 26.1 Emacs needs to open the file with root privileges. Here is my code:
(secrets-delete-item "session" "Login")
(secrets-create-item "session" "Login" "myParol" :method "sudo" ...
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messages buffer is spammed with tramp
I am connecting regularly to servers via tramp. Sometimes everything works fine but often times my messages buffer gets spammed full of
Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...done
Tramp: ...
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tramp hanging on remote fish shell despite tramp-remote-shell being /bin/sh
I can't connect via Tramp to a remote machine since switching to using fish as my default shell. However I have the tramp-remote-shell set for "/bin/sh" but this seems to be only used for interactive ...
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How do I use tramp to launch a remote PowerShell?
I'm trying to launch a PowerShell on a remote Windows system using tramp. So far all I've been able to do is start a PowerShell inside Emacs on the local (Windows) machine. What is the connection ...
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set up custom port for default ssh connection in tramp
I am wondering what is the best way to set up a default port that is not the standard 22 port. I regularly log in with tramp to remote systems and would like to avoid having to put in #1234 every time ...
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Tramp: Is there a way to use something like ssh-directory-tracking-mode but via ssh instead of ftp?
The boxes I'm working with are locked down and only have the SSH port (22) open, so I can't use directory tracking via FTP. But directory tracking is really handy.
There has to be a way. Does anyone ...
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Trouble connecting GNU emacs to work machine through SSH & TRAMP
I am a new emacs user. Previously, for work, I would ssh into my work machine by activating my VPN and then running ssh work (work is an ssh nickname defined in .ssh/config) in my terminal. This would ...
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Tramp with ssh not asking for password - too many authentication failures
I would like to use tramp to login to a remote server via SSH.
It used to work effortlessly, but somehow it does not even ask me for a password any longer and tries wildly to login with I guess keys ...
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tramp gcloud compute ssh not working
I wanted to be able to ssh into my google cloud instances with spacemacs. I found:
https://github.com/dustinfreeman/dustinfreeman.emacs.d/blob/master/init.el#L50
which is based off of:
https://...
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How can I diagnose which `git` magit is running?
I'm trying to use Magit with TRAMP. The remote host has multiple git versions, necessitating
(add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path "/usr/sup/bin")
in my .emacs. However, when I run magit-status in a ...
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How to get TRAMP to respect group sticky bit?
In using TRAMP to create a new file in a remote (Unix) directory, I discovered that TRAMP is not respecting the group sticky bit in that directory.
As is standard on a Unix system, the group ...
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Tramp keep losing remote file permissions
I use: Emacs 26.1 on Windows 10 with tramp with plink/pscp to edit perl scripts on a remote Linux server
The scripts are executable (permissions 755).
When I load and then save them, if short time ...
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How can I set tramp-histfile-override using tramp-connection-properties?
I'm trying to set a different tramp history file override based on connection-specific rules. My attempts have been along the line of:
(add-to-list 'tramp-connection-properties
(list (...
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How to access (remote) MS Windows shared directory or files in Emacs25 running on Ubuntu 18.04
My question has already been asked here. However, the solution provided there didn't work for me.
Through Ubuntu "Files" I am able to access the samba share with smb://DOMAIN;USER@IP_ADDRESS/...
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Emacs on cygwin: How to open file/directory on windows share
With Emacs running on Windows (without cygwin) I am able to open a remote (windows share) directory with C-x C-f //IPADDRESS/d$ RET command. With Emacs on cygwin, I tried /smb:IPADDRESS:/d$$ RET. ...
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How to connect to Windows 10 OpenSSH over tramp?
I've installed OpenSSH on a Windows 10 machine, and can connect to it from the Linux command line with ssh or scp, giving the cmd.exe "shell". But tramp hangs on Waiting for prompts from remote shell:
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Tramp to office pc timesout, but cli ssh ok
From the commandline, this works:
ssh office
However, C-x C-f /ssh:office: simply freezes and eventually times out. That C-x C-f syntax works fine for all the servers our sysadmin has configured, ...
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xclip fails to set selection when using tramp
I use Emacs in the terminal (emacs -nw) and xclip.el for synchronising the kill ring with the X clipboard. Under normal circumstances this works fine, but when visiting buffers with tramp xclip is not ...
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Tramp Unable to Recognize Remote Prompt
I have been trying to get tramp working and I am having issues with recognizing the remote prompt. Unfortunately, I cannot change the remote prompt because it is dictated by my school.
I have tried ...
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Cannot open remote file
I am trying to open a remote file in spacemacs in evil mode on windows using SPC f f. This pops up helm and entering /ssh:myuser@myhost/folder/file.txt produces
Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
In ...
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Tramp and X11 forwarding when changing user (su)
I can connect to a remote server with Tramp
C-x C-f /ssh:group@remotehost:
and get a plot output window (with ess R). But if I change user
C-x C-f /ssh:group@remote|su:user@remote:
there's no X11 ...
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emacs daemon and ssh agent forwarding
In order to use ssh agent forwarding with emacs in daemon mode, running on a remote server, I've come-up with the following.
I have an alias for the client like so:
alias emacsclient="update_agent;/...
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How to debug hanging tramp connections?
With recent versions of Emacs, tramp routinely hangs at the time of making the connection.
The *Messages* buffer gives no information.
Is there a way to get more information as to what's happening?
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Tramp mode: How check only one per day?
Windows 10 (64 bit), Emacs 26.1
I open trace.log file from remote Linux machine by Tramp mode.
Nice.
I set custom variables:
'(password-cache-expiry nil)
'(auto-revert-remote-files t)
I set ...
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Not a Tramp file name
windows 10 (64 bit), emacs 26.1
I try to connect by Tramp mode from Windows to remote Linux machine.
I use this command:
C-x C-f
and then ip of remote machine (ip address):
/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:
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How to set a default password for wildcard host in tramp?
I have a list of hosts 192...* with a default user and password, I've tried to set wild-card in .authinfo.gpg but it still requests password when I try to login.
There are no problems when it set ...
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How to setup tramp mode through a linux gateway and hardware authentication?
I don't have direct access to my remote machine at work.
Normally I login with the following commands
(local)$ ssh id@gateway
Yubikey prompt (physically push a button on the yubikey)
PW prompt:
(...
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Find dirrectories paths from a list of names via tramp session
I have a remote host accessing via tramp there is a list of directori names I'd like to find on that host.
What I do now - connect to remote server and
while read -r name; do find / -type d -name "$...
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Why some extra tramp related packages does not show url schema prefix?
When I press [C-x C-f] , I got some TRAMP methods shown like ssh: , sshx:. But not get docker: when I installed package docker-tramp.
Does docker-tramp.el provide this? If yes, then how to configure ...
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Tramp fails to open remote shell when connecting to android
I'm trying to connect to my Android device via SSH using TRAMP.
I've setup my SSHDroid, configured ssh keys and my ~/.ssh/config, so I'm able to connect with just ssh android from terminal.
But when ...
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Folder navigation on remote windows machine can't see folders with spaces
I've been trying to navigate folder structures on a remote Windows machine with Cygwin installed, but I can't seem to navigate to folders which contain a space in them. Emacs claims that "File no ...
