[Bug: 21.5-b28] Tramp autosave and askpassword infinity loop

[Michael Albinus]

"It's me FKtPp ;)" <m_pupil at yahoo.com.cn> writes:

> Dear Bug Team!

Hi,

> While using tramp if I didn't use a ssh-ageant and alike, and the
> password expired from password cache, autosave will kept complaining
> 'error in autosave'.
>
> The password query prompt didn't get a chance displayed, and C-g would
> also triger another autosave action which will also fail due to the
> lack of ssh password...

I would recommend to use a local backup directory.  See the Tramp
manual; you must customize variable `tramp-bkup-backup-directory-info',
similar to your settings of `tramp-auto-save-directory'.

Best regards, Michael.