Hello, The following patch fixes a problem reported several times already towards 2.0.52.

Best regards, Michael. Index: lisp/ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/tramp/lisp/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.30 retrieving revision 1.31 diff -u -u -r1.30 -r1.31 --- lisp/ChangeLog 2006/01/22 22:10:49 1.30 +++ lisp/ChangeLog 2006/02/12 20:29:37 1.31 ＠＠ -1,3 +1,9 ＠＠ +2006-02-12 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus(a)gmx.de&gt; + + * tramp.el (tramp-remote-path): Add "/usr/xpg4/bin" on top, + because on Solaris a POSIX compatible "id" is needed. Reported by + Magnus Henoch <mange(a)freemail.hu&gt;. + 2006-01-22 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus(a)gmx.de&gt; Version 2.0.52 released. Index: lisp/tramp.el =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/tramp/lisp/tramp.el,v retrieving revision 1.30 retrieving revision 1.31 diff -u -u -r1.30 -r1.31 --- lisp/tramp.el 2006/01/22 22:10:49 1.30 +++ lisp/tramp.el 2006/02/12 20:29:37 1.31 ＠＠ -836,8 +836,10 ＠＠ :type 'string) (defcustom tramp-remote-path - '("/bin" "/usr/bin" "/usr/sbin" "/usr/local/bin" "/usr/ccs/bin" - "/local/bin" "/local/freeware/bin" "/local/gnu/bin" + ;; "/usr/xpg4/bin" has been placed first, because on Solaris a POSIX + ;; compatible "id" is needed. + '("/usr/xpg4/bin" "/bin" "/usr/bin" "/usr/sbin" "/usr/local/bin" + "/usr/ccs/bin" "/local/bin" "/local/freeware/bin" "/local/gnu/bin" "/usr/freeware/bin" "/usr/pkg/bin" "/usr/contrib/bin") "*List of directories to search for executables on remote host. Please notify me about other semi-standard directories to include here.