tramp ($Id: tramp.el,v 2.44 2001/11/07 14:38:28 kaig Exp $); scp and password

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when using the scp method to find file:

/[scp/el...@gf...]

I see a prompt in the echo area saying:

Waiting 60s for shell or passwd prompt from gfd15.gfd.whoi.edu

but am then getting an error message:

tramp-open-connection-rsh: Out of band method `scp' not applicable for remote shell asking for a password

here is the debug buffer:

# Opening connection for el...@gf... using scp...
# Waiting 60s for shell or passwd prompt from gfd15.gfd.whoi.edu
el...@gf...'s password: 

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2001-10-22 on beach.weizmann.ac.il
Package: tramp ($Id: tramp.el,v 2.44 2001/11/07 14:38:28 kaig Exp $)

current state:
==============
(setq
 tramp-ls-command nil
 tramp-test-groks-nt nil
 tramp-file-exists-command nil
 tramp-current-multi-method nil
 tramp-current-method nil
 tramp-current-user nil
 tramp-current-host nil
 tramp-auto-save-directory nil
 tramp-default-method "rcp"
 tramp-rsh-end-of-line "\n"
 tramp-remote-path '("/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")
 tramp-login-prompt-regexp ".*ogin: *$"
 tramp-password-prompt-regexp "^.*\\([pP]assword\\|passphrase.*\\):