Hi,
I am using tramp to ssh to a cluster which uses a bastion (I think this is the name for this thing!). Usually, to connect to the cluster, I do ssh user@cluster I asks for a password, and presents a curses menu to select the type of node (after a timeout it will select a default option). After that, it asks again for the password and connects to a node of the cluster. In the case of scp, there is no curses menu, but I still have to enter the password twice. I can use tramp without problem, since the timeout will select the default node, which is OK for me. However, I have to enter the password twice, which is inconvenient. Also, from time to time, it will ask for the password again (and twice every time). I thought that using the .authinfo file I would not need to enter the password, but it still asks for it (but only once). Is there a way to avoid manually entering the password in this kind of situation? I hope my description above is not too vague and someone can help me. Thank you. G. --
