Michael, thanks. Obviously I did not realize that Emacs detected the problem as the Emacs status line still said something like "Waiting for prompts" (sorry I didn't capture that text).
Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ulrich Windl > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Albinus <michael.albi...@gmx.de> > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2024 8:04 PM > To: Windl, Ulrich <u.wi...@ukr.de> > Cc: tramp-devel@gnu.org > Subject: [EXT] Re: Using tramp with public key authentication > > "Windl, Ulrich" <u.wi...@ukr.de> writes: > > > Hi! > > Hi Ulrich, > > > I just tried to use tramp in Emacs 24.3.1 (I know it’s old) for a host > > that has public key authentication enabled. > > > > However since last use the host’s key has changed (actually it’s new > > hardware and OS release), so the host key was rejected like this: > > [...] > > > Host key verification failed.^M > > Tramp HAS detected the problem. See tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp, which > contains this string. > > > While this was displayed, Emacs said “Tramp: Waiting for prompts from > > remote shell” (which would never come, of course)… > > Tramp shows you the connection buffer with the full text, in order to > let you know what happened. It waits for 30 seconds, then it > diappears. If you hit the keyboard at this time (even a single cursor > movement), the message disappears immediately. > > > After some time the process had been aborted. > > > > My guess is that ssh process exiting without success can be detected > > and handled. > > The message has been improved. Meanwhile, Tramp says while showing the > error buffer: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Tramp failed to connect. If this happens repeatedly, try > ‘M-x tramp-cleanup-this-connection’ > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > Kind regards, > > > > Ulrich > > Best regards, Michael.
