Re: Cannot connect with tramp when ssh works

[Michael Albinus]

Harry Putnam <address@hidden> writes:

> Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Harry Putnam <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Setup:  Emacs-24 compiles with mingw
>>>         Running on windows 7
>>>         tramp version 2.2.1-pre
>>>         plink version 0.60
>>>
>>> I can connect to all machines on my lan but 1.  I use plink since ssh
>>>   attempts from emacs have failed long ago.
>>>
>>>   /plink:address@hidden:/
>>>
>>> That works on all but 1.
>>
>> I guess it connects with native PuTTY, doesn't it?
>
> Yes
>
>> In this case, you might consider to use the Tramp method "plinkx", which
>> requires as host name the plink session name.
>
> Not sure what that is or how it might look, can show a brief example
> of what you mean?

In PuTTY, you save/load a session under a name, let's say
"host-session". In Tramp, you use then /plinkx:host-session:/

Best regards, Michael.