Re: auth-source source password lookup for ssh + sudo

[Kai Tetzlaff]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi Kai,
>
>>> Btw, in your example I don't understand why you want to access the
>>> remote host as user "notroot", and afterwards to change the user on that
>>> host to "notroot", again.
>>
>> That's not what I want. The `sudo::` part *should* obtain `root`
>> privileges. However, the *password* which is required by sudo is the one
>> for the user of the first hop: `notroot`. So the password lookup should
>> be done for `notroot` instead of `root`.
>>
>> Its not just the password lookup in auth-source, the password prompt
>> shown by TRAMP (if the password lookup faile) is misleading, too:
>>
>>   Password for /sudo:root@host.example.com:
>>
>> This looks like a request for the password of the root user. However,
>> the password to be entered is that of `notroot` (the user of the first
>> hop).
>
> I see. It is not a problem of multi-hop per se, but a general problem of
> su(do) password prompts in Tramp. Will see what I could do.

Ok, yes - but it's only a problem of the `sudo` method. For `su` the
current behaviour is correct.

> Best regards, Michael.

BR, Kai