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I am trying to use Tramp, but it seems unable to execute the ssh command.

Here is the error from *Messages*:

Tramp: Opening connection for AWS2 using ssh... Word wrapping enabled Tramp: Sending command ‘exec ssh -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPath='tramp.%C' -o ControlPersist=no -e none AWS2’ Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell... Tramp failed to connect. If this happens repeatedly, try ‘M-x tramp-cleanup-this-connection’ Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...failed Tramp: Opening connection for AWS2 using ssh...failed 

and this appears briefly in a pop-up buffer:

/bin/sh: 1: exec: ssh: not found 

which makes me think it might be something to do with the PATH that Emacs is getting.


The contents of the auto-generated tramp file inside ~/.emacs.d/, which I have deleted and was recreated:

;; -*- emacs-lisp -*- <20/07/16 14:53:07 /home/user/.emacs.d/tramp> ;; Tramp connection history. Don't change this file. ;; You can delete it, forcing Tramp to reapply the checks. (((tramp-file-name "ssh" nil nil "AWS2" nil nil nil) nil)) 

AWS2 is a Host defined in ~/.ssh/config, with other settings (User, Identityfile, Port, etc).

More info:

  • I have tried tramp-cleanup-*-connections (all variants thereof).
  • Tried instead using the sshx: command/prefix - same error.
  • I can open a plain bash terminal and successfully connect using ssh AWS2.
  • In other IDEs, I am also able to set up an ssh-based SFTP connection and that works fine.
  • I have set a simple prompt on the remote machine for "dumb" $TERM values.
  • Tramp version: 2.3.5.26.3
  • Emacs version: GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9) of 2019-12-23
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04
  • Restarted my machine
  • Looked for any clues that Tramp has been blocked on the remote machine (given other connection routes work), but didn't find anything.
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  • Maybe this helps get more info? Commented Jul 16, 2020 at 14:05
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    Indeed. Set tramp-verbose to 6, and rerun your test. Check the traces for level (6) messages. If you don't have a clue, write to [email protected] (SX is not intended to debug). Commented Jul 16, 2020 at 14:19
  • @NickD - I already had verbosity set to 10 to provide the output above. So there really isn't much to interpret as far as a stack trace goes. I'll send an email. Commented Jul 16, 2020 at 18:45
  • I would follow @MichaelAlbinus's advice: he knows! Commented Jul 16, 2020 at 18:54
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    In particular, the trace messages go to a tramp debug buffer, not to *Messages*. Commented Jul 16, 2020 at 19:13

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