Doesnt Timeout?

[Seth Martin]

debian:~$ bin/clogin 192.168.15.145
192.168.15.145
spawn telnet 192.168.15.145
Trying 192.168.15.145...

Error: TIMEOUT reached
debian:~$

That actually works which is fine, but now if I do a:
debian:~$ bin/rancid-run

it just hangs and never returns me to the prompt, I've let this run for
up to 15 minutes (I timed it and gave up after 15)

if I check the processes while its hanging I can see the following:
debian:~$ ps -ux
Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See
http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
rancid   20000  0.0  0.4  2988 1636 pts/0    S    16:38   0:00 sh
rancid   20018  0.0  0.3  2708 1296 pts/0    S+   16:40   0:00 /bin/sh
bin/rancid-run
rancid   20019  0.0  0.3  2708 1296 pts/0    S+   16:40   0:00 /bin/sh
bin/rancid-run
rancid   20023  0.0  0.3  2728 1316 pts/0    S+   16:40   0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/local/rancid//bin/control_rancid networking
rancid   20066  0.2  0.4  2972 1580 pts/2    S    16:41   0:00 sh
rancid   20071  1.0  0.4  3848 1848 pts/0    S+   16:41   0:00
/usr/bin/perl /usr/local/rancid//bin/par -q -n 5 -c rancid-fe \{}
/usr/local/rancid//var/netwo
rancid   20072  1.0  0.3  2688 1196 pts/0    S+   16:41   0:00 sh -c
(rancid-fe \192.168.15.145:cisco)
rancid   20073  3.0  0.6  4776 2680 pts/0    S+   16:41   0:00
/usr/bin/perl /usr/local/rancid//bin/rancid 192.168.15.145
rancid   20074  0.5  0.3  2716 1244 pts/0    S+   16:41   0:00 sh -c
clogin -t 90 -c "admin show version;show version;show redundancy
secondary;show idprom b
rancid   20075  0.5  0.4  2988 1672 pts/0    S+   16:41   0:00
/usr/local/bin/expect -- /usr/local/rancid//bin/clogin -t 90 -c admin
show version;show versio
rancid   20076  0.5  0.3  3460 1328 pts/1    Ss+  16:41   0:00 telnet
192.168.15.145
rancid   20079  0.0  0.2  2480  860 pts/2    R+   16:41   0:00 ps -ux
debian:~$

Is there anyway to see a more verbose output so I can see where its
stuff?

Seth Martin
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-----Original Message-----
From: john heasley [mailto:heas at shrubbery.net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 4:35 PM
To: Seth Martin
Cc: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
Subject: Re: Doesnt Timeout?

Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 04:03:29PM -0500, Seth Martin:
> I've Installed RANCID on a fresh install of Debian.  It runs just
fine,
> I setup a spare cisco 2600 router and I am able to log the config,
> changes to the router get reported just fine.  However if the device
> goes down (I turn itoff) and do a rancid-run it just hangs, and hangs,
> and after about 15 minutes I kill the process.  I am using the TCL
and
> expect packages from the rancid ftp server.  Any idea why this would
> happen?  Is it maybe because I have only 1 device?  When the device is
> down the clogin does timeout.

That is odd.  The connection should timeout (telnet or ssh) or expect
should timeout waiting for either of them.  Please send a transcript of
an interactive login attempt ("clogin device") while it is off or
disconnected.  eg:

% jlogin jnx
jnx
spawn telnet jnx
Trying 198.58.5.26...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host

Error: Couldn't login