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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I have had quite a time getting my HP Procurve switches to work with rancid. Long story short, this test works:</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">/usr/lib/rancid/bin/hlogin -f /var/lib/rancid/.cloginrc <device></span></p>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I get into the devices from the cli.</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">When I just let rancid contact the devices on its own, then I get this email, which makes me think there is a permissions error (?):</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The following routers have not been successfully contacted for</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">more than 24 hours.</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">-rw-r-----</span> 1 rancid rancid 0 Sep 27 10:09 94.229.14.250</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">On the other hand, when I look in my logs, the message is simply that rancid couldn't login.</div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">(?!?!) clogin</span> error: Error: Couldn't login</div>
<div><device>: missed cmd(s): show stack,show module,show flash,show version,show system-information,write term,show system information</div>
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<div>This is the eternal issue! Everytime I think I've got it: boom! Failure</div>
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<div>Ryan</div>
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