Re: ssh tunnel (one more time)

[merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Piotrowski <m.piotrowski@springer.de> writes:

Michael> Hi,
Michael> I'm trying to use ssh with nntp-open-rlogin in the gnus-select-method
Michael> (instead of setting up a tunnel by starting ssh manually, as I'm
Michael> currently doing it):

Michael>    (setq gnus-select-method
Michael>          '(nntp "newsserver"
Michael>                 (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-rlogin)
Michael>                 (nntp-address "intermediate-host")
Michael>                 (nntp-rlogin-program "ssh")
Michael>                 (nntp-end-of-line "\n")
Michael>                 (nntp-rlogin-parameters
Michael>                  ("-x" "telnet" "newsserver" "nntp"))))

Michael> When I start gnus with this select method, it hangs while trying to
Michael> fetch the list of newsgroups from the server.  However, when I start
Michael> gnus with gnus-no-server and then use `j' in the Group buffer
Michael> everything works as it should.

Michael> I know that the connection works.  I know that the select method is
Michael> ok, otherwise gnus-group-jump-to-group wouldn't work, right?  I seem
Michael> to remember that I once had it working with an older version of Gnus,
Michael> and it seems to work for other people, too.  Any ideas what the
Michael> problem could be?

Something to always test would be going to a commandline and typing:

    ssh newsserver -x date

and making sure that the date and *only* the date comes out.

And once that works:

    ssh newsserver -x telnet newsserver nntp

should give you the NNTP connection message.

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