Re: Problems with HISTORY, HISTFILE and ssh

[Michael Albinus]

Richard Edgar <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm using the default method to connect to remote servers. However, for
> some reason, it's not dealing with my .ssh/config file correctly.

Please try the patch below; it should fix your problem.

> As an additional issue, this particular machine doesn't like tramp
> messing around with HISTORY and HISTFILE. I got locked out of my
> account: messing with those variables triggered an intrusion alert. I've
> zapped that bit from tramp.el, but I thought you should be aware of the
> issue.

Here I haven't an immediate solution; but it will be configurable in
the next release.

> Thanks in advance,
>
> Richard

Best regards, Michael.

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                       (string :tag "Method"))))

  (defcustom tramp-default-user
!   (user-login-name)
    "*Default method to use for transferring files.
! Also see `tramp-default-user-alist'."
    :group 'tramp
    :type 'string)

--- 616,625 ----
                       (string :tag "Method"))))

  (defcustom tramp-default-user
!   nil
    "*Default method to use for transferring files.
! It is nil by default; otherwise settings in configuration files like
! \"~/.ssh/config\" would be overwritten.  Also see `tramp-default-user-alist'."
    :group 'tramp
    :type 'string)