Re: ssh method on emacs W32 and ssh from cygwin

[emacs user]

thanks adrian, so having looked at the manual, I mostly found all sorts of 
indications that all efforts to make this work under windows dont work, 
except if using the cywin-ized emacs, which I find to be extremely unstable. 
 thanks anyway, I hope someone will figure this out soon.

> From: Adrian Phillips <address@hidden>
> To: "emacs user" <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: ssh method on emacs W32 and ssh from cygwin
> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:53:23 +0200
>
>
> [Please copy the list so its in the archives]
>
> >>>>> "Eli" == emacs user <address@hidden> writes:
>
>     >> From: Adrian Phillips <address@hidden>
>
>     >> Anyway, start a cygwin shell then grep /etc/passwd for the user
>     >> you are logging in as and check what shell is specified.
>
>     Eli> thanks for the fast response.
>
>     Eli> ok, so it's /bin/bash
>
>     Eli> what next?  Eli
>
> Well, given that (as Michael mentioned) bash is explicitly called by
> tramp, the /etc/passwd check is irrelevant. I am not a tramp developer
> so don't have much clue how it sets up the connection but the fact
> that bash isn't prompting may mean a misconfiguration in your cygwin
> setup. Try reading through section 5.10 of the manual (Remote shell
> setup hints) to find what may be wrong.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Adrian Phillips
>
> --
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