Re: tramp (); Problems accessing files via ftp

[Michael Albinus]

Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:

> Stefan Heimann <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 11:55:00AM +0200, Michael Albinus wrote:
>> > Stefan Heimann <address@hidden> writes:
>> > 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > > I have problems accessing ftp files. I open a connection to the server
>> > > with `/ftp:address@hidden:/'. Everything is ok, I get a listing of
>> > > the server's root directory. I can change the directory, too. But when
>> > > I try to open a file, there appears a prompt that says 
>> > >
>> > > `Password for address@hidden: ' 
>> > >
>> > > `stefan' is my local username, it differs from the username I provided
>> > > to log in to the ftp server. I now hit enter and the ftp client tries
>> > > to open a connection to the host `ftp'. This fails. When I try to open
>> > > the same file again, everything works correctly.
>> > 
>> > This sounds like a problem fixed since Tramp 2.0.29. There has been
>> > some trouble in reloading Ange-FTP after Tramp.
>> 
>> The same problem with version 2.0.33:
>
> OK, finally I could reproduce your problem. But it isn't clear whether
> it's a Tramp or an Ange-FTP issue. I suspect the latter one.
>
> Anyway, I'll debug it next days more deeply.

If I take Emacs 21.2 as-it-is, the problem still exists. Applying
ange-ftp.el from Emacs CVS, the problem disappears. So it must have
been solved already in the Emacs HEAD.

>> Bye,
>>   Stefan

Best regards, Michael.