I'm using emacs 23.1 on Windows XP with the following configuration
(require 'tramp)
(setq tramp-default-method "ftp")
I can open/save remote files. Find-file auto-completion with TAB works as well. But I cannot open a remote directory, it shows an empty buffer with a directory name on the top.
Here are log messages
ls -lhA d:/temp/ange-ftp2876pvQ
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls.
226 Transfer complete.
quote mdtm /soft/mysrv/jboss-4.2.3.GA/bin/
550 /soft/mysrv/jboss-4.2.3.GA/bin/: not a plain file.
quote mdtm /soft/mysrv/jboss-4.2.3.GA/bin/
550 /soft/mysrv/jboss-4.2.3.GA/bin/: not a plain file.
And I cannot dired-do-copy several marked files to the remote directory. It copies only the first file and says "No file on this line". Should I switch to ssh tramp to resolve these problems?
What are other advantages of changing to ssh if I don't care about security and clear text passwords?
UPDATE: I changed
(setq tramp-default-method "pscp")
and it works now.
Yes, it was necessary to change tramp-default-method
(setq tramp-default-method "pscp")
Now it works correctly on the servers where ssh is installed.