Re: login fails

[Michael Albinus]

address@hidden (Haines Brown) writes:

> I'm running debian sarge, emacs 21.3.1, and am attempting to set up
> tramp. I'm currently using gFTP and can also access the host from a
> command line FTP command.
>
> In ~./emacs I have:
>
>   (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tramp/")
>   (require 'tramp)
>   (setq tramp-default-method "ssh")

Oops. Surprisingly, you enter the "ftp" method ...

> And I do:
>
>   C-x C-f /address@hidden:/html]
>   ftp> open ftp.hartford-hwp.com
>   Connected to hartford-hwp.com.
>   220 customer NcFTPd Server (licensed copy) ready.
>   user "[USR1066" Turtle Power!

Here we are. Tramp regards "[USR1066" as your user name. Please try
the following syntax: "C-x C-f /address@hidden:/html". If it
goes via "ssh", you should apply "C-x C-f /ftp:address@hidden:/html".

> Haines Brown

Best regards, Michael.