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Tramp doesn't distinguish between connections differing only by port number

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From: "Devon Sean McCullough" <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.1; Tramp stuck on wrong host
Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 05:12:07 -0500

Tramp connects to the wrong host -- the user may not notice, leading to
devastating damage.

To replicate this bug, have two different systems serve SSH on different
ports of the same IP address,
e.g., In VBox, map local host ports 11111 and 22222 respectively to two
different guest systems:
VirtualBox VM > Devices > Network > Network Settings ... > Adapter 1 >
  Attached to: NAT
  Advanced > Port Forwarding >
    Host Port: 11111 for system one, 22222 for system two
    Guest Port: 22

bash$ Open -n -a /Applications/Emacs.app --args -Q --eval '
(message "Emacs %s tramp bug %s" ; t = bug, nil = ok
	 emacs-version
	 (let ((one "/scp:127.0.0.1#11111:")
	       (two "/scp:127.0.0.1#22222:"))
	   (delete-other-windows)
	   (dired one)
	   (revert-buffer)
	   (split-window)
	   (other-window 1)
	   (dired two)
	   (revert-buffer)
	   (apply (function string=)
		  (mapcar (lambda (w)
			    (with-current-buffer (window-buffer w)
			      (buffer-substring (save-excursion
						  (goto-char (point-min))
						  (forward-line 1)
						  (point))
						(point-max))))
			  (window-list-1)))))'

		Peace
			--Devon

P.S. (tramp-cleanup-all-connections) ; fails to fix it but can switch
which host is wrong.

In GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS appkit-1265.21 Version
10.9.5 (Build 13F1911))
 of 2016-09-21 built on builder10-9.porkrind.org
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.1404
Configured using:
 'configure --with-ns '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/Application
 Support/Emacs/${version}/site-lisp:/Library/Application
 Support/Emacs/site-lisp' --with-modules'

Configured features:
NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS NS MODULES

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  buffer-read-only: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Tramp: Opening connection for 127.0.0.1#11111 using scp...
Tramp: Sending command ‘exec ssh  -p 11111 -o ControlMaster=auto -o
ControlPath='tramp.%C' -o ControlPersist=no -e none 127.0.0.1’
Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...done
Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on ‘127.0.0.1’
Tramp: Opening connection for 127.0.0.1#11111 using scp...done
ls does not support --dired; see ‘dired-use-ls-dired’ for more details.
Emacs 25.1.1 tramp bug t

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None found.

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Message #8 received at 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: "Devon Sean McCullough" <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27009: 25.1; Tramp stuck on wrong host
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 14:03:19 +0200

"Devon Sean McCullough" <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net> writes:

Hi Davon,

> Tramp connects to the wrong host -- the user may not notice, leading to
> devastating damage.

Tramp is almost agnostic to port numbers. It uses them for the command
raised for connecting, but everywhere else it ignores them. This happens
especially in managing internal data, like the name of the connection
buffer or access to cached values.

As a result, two remote file names are handled as identical if they
differ only in their port numbers. See also the todo entry in tramp.el:

;; * Use also port to distinguish connections.  This is needed for
;;   different hosts sitting behind a single router (distinguished by
;;   different port numbers).  (Tzvi Edelman)

I know, this is not satisfying. If time permits, I'll work on this next
time. Unfortunately, there's no trivial fix.

As a workaround, use different host names. In your example, you could
use something like

(let ((one "/scp:localhost#11111:")
      (two "/scp:localhost.#22222:"))

Name resolution for "localhost" and "localhost." will return the same IP
address. But from the Tramp pov, the host names are different strings.

Best regards, Michael.

Message #15 received at 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <devon <at> csail.mit.edu>
Cc: 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27009: 25.1; Tramp stuck on wrong host
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 16:28:09 +0200

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

Hi Devon,

> I plan to reserve an own slot for the port in the tramp-file-name
> vector. Maybe even converting this to a defstruct. This would be
> future-proof, and it should show immediately the places I have missed to
> change.

I took the opportunity to implement this. Now, the bug is fixed.

If you have any chance to test the development version of Emacs (the
upcoming 26.1 release), you could crosscheck this.

Due to the new defstruct and its mechanery, I had to cut Emacs 23
backward compatibility for Tramp 2.3. I don't know how many users are
hit by this; hopefully not too many.

> But this will be a more complex change.

With the default settings for tramp-tests.el, all test cases pass. But
for some other methods, there are still failures. Will continue to test.

>> 		Peace
>> 			—Devon

Best regards, Michael.

Message #18 received at 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Devon Sean McCullough <devon <at> csail.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#27009: 25.1; Tramp stuck on wrong host
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:22:59 -0400

Michael Albinus wrote:

> Due to the new defstruct and its mechanery, I had to cut Emacs 23
> backward compatibility for Tramp 2.3. I don't know how many users are
> hit by this; hopefully not too many.

In 2016, we had one bug report from an Emacs 23 user.

https://debbugs.gnu.org/stats/emacs.html

So, I would guess that the number of people using Emacs 23 AND
upgrading to the latest Tramp version is... zero.

> With the default settings for tramp-tests.el, all test cases pass. But
> for some other methods, there are still failures. Will continue to test.

FYI, I think these changes cause some python tests to fail with

  (wrong-type-argument tramp-file-name nil)

Message #21 received at 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Devon Sean McCullough <devon <at> csail.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#27009: 25.1; Tramp stuck on wrong host
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 22:31:07 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> FYI, I think these changes cause some python tests to fail with
>
>   (wrong-type-argument tramp-file-name nil)

Shall be fixed now in master.

Best regards, Michael.

Message #24 received at 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <devon <at> csail.mit.edu>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27009: 25.1; Tramp stuck on wrong host
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:26:18 +0200

Devon Sean McCullough <devon <at> csail.mit.edu> writes:

Hi Devon,

> In the current nightly build, tramp fails to tell ssh to connect to
> the user-specified port so it tries default port 22 instead.

Oops, yes. Should be fixed now.

> 		Peace
> 			--Devon

Best regards, Michael.

Message #27 received at 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Devon Sean McCullough <devon <at> csail.mit.edu>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 27009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27009: 25.1; Tramp stuck on wrong host
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 20:41:44 +0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

In the current nightly build, tramp fails to tell ssh to connect to the user-specified port
so it tries default port 22 instead.  Am I missing something really obvious here?

		Peace
			--Devon

bash$ Open -n -a /Applications/Emacs-2017f07w.app --args --no-init-file --no-site-file --no-site-lisp --eval '(dired "/scp:127.0.0.1#2222:”)’

ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1 port 22: Connection Refused^M

U:**@  *tramp/scp 127.0.0.1#2222*  All  L2     (Fundamental)

In GNU Emacs 26.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS appkit-1265.21 Version 10.9.5 (Build 13F1911))
 of 2017-06-07 built on builder10-9.local
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.1404
Recent messages:

For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Tramp: Opening connection for 127.0.0.1 using scp...
Tramp: Sending command ‘exec ssh   -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPath='tramp.%C' -o ControlPersist=no -e none 127.0.0.1’
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 127.0.0.1 using scp...failed
tramp-file-name-handler: Tramp failed to connect.  If this happens repeatedly, try
    ‘M-x tramp-cleanup-this-connection’
Configured using:
 'configure --with-ns '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/Application
 Support/Emacs/${version}/site-lisp:/Library/Application
 Support/Emacs/site-lisp' --with-modules'

Configured features:
NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS NS MODULES

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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None found.

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Message #32 received at 27009-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <devon <at> csail.mit.edu>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 27009-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27009: 25.1; Tramp stuck on wrong host
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 15:19:07 +0200

Version: 26.1

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

Hi Devon,

>> In the current nightly build, tramp fails to tell ssh to connect to
>> the user-specified port so it tries default port 22 instead.
>
> Oops, yes. Should be fixed now.

No further (negative) feedback, so I'm closing the bug.

>> 		Peace
>> 			--Devon

Best regards, Michael.

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