Subject: bug#2962: 23.0.92; tramp. can't copy files plain user -> root (su::/....)

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:40:36 +0200

Michal <[email-masked]> writes:

> what I did (as a plain user, not root):
> 1) C-x C-f /su::/usr/src/ (successfully loggen in)
> 2) C-x C-f /tmp (dired window opened)
> 3) pressed 'C' on trace.txt file (some arbitrary file):
>   -rw-r--r--  1 root    root      96 2009-04-11 00:16 trace.txt
> 4) then got the message as in *Messages*. Copy process failed of course.
> 5) just to give more info:
> prompt$ ll /tmp/tramp.14050uqL.txt
> ls: cannot access /tmp/tramp.14050uqL.txt: No such file or directory
>
> tramp-version is a variable defined in `trampver.el'.
> Its value is "2.1.15"

Thanks for reporting! I've fixed it in the trunk; could you, please, test?

Best regards, Michael.