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implementation of SSH.  It uses @samp{plink -ssh} to log in to the
remote host.

Additionally, the method @option{plink1} is provided, which calls
@samp{plink -1 -ssh} in order to use SSH protocol version 1
explicitely.

CCC: Do we have to connect to the remote host once from the command
line to accept the SSH key?  Maybe this can be made automatic?

CCC: Does @command{plink} support the @samp{-p} option?  @value{tramp} will

@section Reusing passwords for several connections.
@cindex passwords

Sometimes it is necessary to connect to the same remote host several
times.  Reentering passwords again and again would be annoying, when
the choosen method does not support access without password prompt
throught own configuration.

By default, @value{tramp} caches the passwords entered by you.  They will
be reused next time if a connection needs them for the same user name
and host name, independant of the connection method.

@vindex password-cache-expiry
Passwords are not saved permanently, that means the password caching
is limited to the lifetime of your @value{emacsname} session.  You
can influence the lifetime of password caching by customizing the

@ifset xemacs
@code{bkup-backup-directory-info}
@end ifset
is @code{nil} (the default), such problems do not occur.

Therefore, it is usefull to set special values for @value{tramp}
files.  For example, the following statement effectively `turns off'
the effect of
@ifset emacs
@code{backup-directory-alist}
@end ifset

uses EFS for downloading new packages.  So, obviously, EFS has to be
installed from the start.  If the filenames were unified, @value{tramp}
would have to be installed from the start, too.

@ifset xemacs
@strong{Note:} If you'ld like to use a similar syntax like
@value{ftppackagename}, you need the following settings in your init
file:

@lisp
(setq tramp-unified-filenames t)

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implementation of SSH.  It uses @samp{plink -ssh} to log in to the
remote host.

Additionally, the method @option{plink1} is provided, which calls
@samp{plink -1 -ssh} in order to use SSH protocol version 1
explicitly.

CCC: Do we have to connect to the remote host once from the command
line to accept the SSH key?  Maybe this can be made automatic?

CCC: Does @command{plink} support the @samp{-p} option?  @value{tramp} will

@section Reusing passwords for several connections.
@cindex passwords

Sometimes it is necessary to connect to the same remote host several
times.  Reentering passwords again and again would be annoying, when
the chosen method does not support access without password prompt
through own configuration.

By default, @value{tramp} caches the passwords entered by you.  They will
be reused next time if a connection needs them for the same user name
and host name, independently of the connection method.

@vindex password-cache-expiry
Passwords are not saved permanently, that means the password caching
is limited to the lifetime of your @value{emacsname} session.  You
can influence the lifetime of password caching by customizing the

@ifset xemacs
@code{bkup-backup-directory-info}
@end ifset
is @code{nil} (the default), such problems do not occur.

Therefore, it is useful to set special values for @value{tramp}
files.  For example, the following statement effectively `turns off'
the effect of
@ifset emacs
@code{backup-directory-alist}
@end ifset

uses EFS for downloading new packages.  So, obviously, EFS has to be
installed from the start.  If the filenames were unified, @value{tramp}
would have to be installed from the start, too.

@ifset xemacs
@strong{Note:} If you'd like to use a similar syntax like
@value{ftppackagename}, you need the following settings in your init
file:

@lisp
(setq tramp-unified-filenames t)