On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Pete Forman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Kai Gro�johann writes:
> > On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Yuji Yamano wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree. I think we need a framework for easy configuration. For
> > > example, here is an alist of regexp and function pair for login
> > > procedure:
> > >
> > > (setq tramp-login-method-alist [...]
> >
> > This is a very good suggestion. [...]
>
> I second that. I have a particular wish to access a machine beyond a
> firewall. There are five fields prompted for.
>
> > If you can convince me that I don't need to be afraid of infloops,
> > I'll go forth and implement it (as time permits).
>
> Most logins will kick you out after a finite number of attempts. And
> there's always C-g.
Which is ugly. I think that a limit of, say, one hundred lines (or so)
before either hitting a successful login would be sensible? Also, a
timeout for when it hits an unknown prompt and just sits there.
With that, a sane error message should be generated and all. :)
Daniel
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