Catalyst 1900

[Andre van der Merwe]

Hi

Running TACACS+ makes things easier... 
All you then have to do is insert the 'K' before
username and password at the "Enter Selection:" prompt.
Hacking the clogin to do this is quite straight forward..

admin 16%   /usr/local/rancid/bin/clogin grumpy
<snip>
...
<snip>
Catalyst 1900 Management Console
Copyright (c) Cisco Systems, Inc.  1993-1998
All rights reserved.
Enterprise Edition Software
<snip>
...
<snip>
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2 user(s) now active on Management Console.

        User Interface Menu

     [M] Menus
     [K] Command Line

Enter Selection:  K
Authentication using TACACS+ is in progress.

User Access Verification

Username: rancid
Password: **********



      CLI session with the switch is open.
      To end the CLI session, enter [Exit].

grumpy>enable
Enter password:  ********
grumpy#  

Hope this helps.

-André


On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 12:47:31PM -0700, Mark Duling wrote:
> I resolved the problem with the 6000's and 4000's.  Cat5 instead of Cisco
> was the correct type to use in the router.db.
> 
> Is there any way to get RANCID working with a Catalyst 1900?  Is it
> possible to hack a "recorded" expect session with a 1900 that gets me to
> the command line into a RANCID script so that it can work?
> 
> Mark