Subject: Re: bug#72450: 29.1; Tramp Failed to Parse OS Name and Version for Windows 11

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 13:45:25 +0300

> From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked],  [email-masked]
> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 12:37:57 +0200
> 
> > So Tramp expects to find 'uname' on a remote Windows system?  Does it
> > mean that one cannot login to a remote Windows system where 'uname' is
> > not available (it usually isn't)?
> 
> No. Tramp's implementation in tramp-sh.el, as used by the "ssh" method,
> expects a Unixoid remote host, with a POSIX shell and several utilities
> like 'uname'.
> 
> Accessing MS Windows systems is implemented by the "smb" method, using Samba.

So I guess accessing Windows via ssh is not really supported, and the
OP should be advised to use "smb" instead?