bug#14142: 24.3.50; documentation bug in TRAMP

[Thierry Volpiatto]

joakim@verona.se writes:

> There is a possible documentation bug in TRAMP.
>
> The TRAMP docs say:
>
> ,----
> |    Opening `/sudo:randomhost.your.domain:' would connect first
> | `randomhost.your.domain' via `ssh' under your account name, and perform
> | `sudo -u root' on that host afterwards.  It is important to know that
> | the given method is applied on the host which has been reached so far.
> | `sudo -u root', applied on your local host, wouldn't be useful here.
> `----
>
> But when I try it I get:
>
> byte-code: Host `demo.verona.se' looks like a remote host, `sudo' can only 
> use the local host

Probably you didn't configure `tramp-default-proxies-alist'.


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