Re: `plinkx` repeatedly prompting for password while `plink` does not

[Michael Albinus]

Randy Morris <address@hidden> writes:

Hi,

> I'm having issues getting tramp to authenticate to a remote linux
> server
> from a Windows 7 machine using the `plinkx` tramp method. Tramp simply
> requests the password over and over until I cancel the operation. A
> connection to the same server with the same credentials using the
> `plink` method works correctly.
>
> Any ideas? I'm happy to provide any information needed.

Could you, please, set `tramp-verbose' to 6, and rerun your test? There
will be a Tramp debug buffer, which could tell us more.

Tramp should not show any clear password in that buffer. Maybe you
double-check, before sending.

Best regards, Michael.