Tramp hangs after sending password

Question

I am trying to SSH using plink.exe in Emacs Tramp. I've downloaded the plink.exe which works in a normal terminal but when I use

C-x C-f

/[email protected]:/afs/cad/u/g/g/gg88/public_html/index.html

In the minibuffer,

Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell also appears.

c:/Users/name/emacs-24.3/bin where plink.exe is located is in exec-path. My .emacs contains only these lines. But after checking exec-path does contain the directory plink.exe is in.

(require 'tramp)
(setq tramp-default-method "plink")

There is also no problem using M-x eshell, going to c:/Users/name/emacs-24.3/bin, and running

plink.exe [email protected]

What can I do next to get this working?

Edit Got plink to be recognized by adding the path to plink directly to the PATH variable but still have the

 Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell also appears.

problem

Edit2 Messages buffer

Tramp: Opening connection for [email protected] using plink...
Tramp: Sending command `plink -l gg88  -ssh afs1.njit.edu && exit || exit'

Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell
Tramp: Sending Password
Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell [7 times]
Tramp: Sending command `plink -l gg88  -ssh afs1.njit.edu && exit || exit'
Tramp: Opening connection for [email protected] using plink...done
Quit [2 times]

OT1H you say "I've added the directory where plink.exe is located to exec-path" but OTOH you show your .emacs which doesn't touch exec-path. Which is it? BTW, Tramp is enabled by default, so you don't need (require 'tramp). — Stefan
I used (add-to-list 'exec-path "C:/Users/name/emacs24-3/bin") where plink.exe is in bin. It's not in the .emacs but when I check its value with C-h v exec-path, that path is still there. — Garvin
Finally got plink to be recognized by adding it to the PATH variable instead but Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell also appears. is still an issue — Garvin

Benoît Benoît · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-22T12:07:31

First I have plink.exe in my ~/.emacs.d/bin

and then I wrap everything in a runemacs.bat file in my emacs-24 directory:

SET HOME=D:\\benoit
SET PATH=%PATH%;%HOME%\.emacs.d\bin
start %CD%\bin\runemacs.exe

And it works. Sometimes emacs for windows / tramp / putty / whatever messes, so I run tramp-cleanup-all-connections to get a fresh start. tramp bundled with emacs 24.2 is OK, but the one with 24.3 is buggy so you may need to update it manually.

Tramp hangs after sending password

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