Re: tramp (); Problems accessing files via ftp

[Michael Albinus]

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.

> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll 
> bars)
>  of 2002-03-22 on raven, modified by Debian
> Package: tramp ()

Hm. Hmmm. The Tramp version is not clear. How did you install Tramp?

Best regards, Michael.