[rancid] Re: Cisco 1900 configuration retrieval issue

[Regnar Bang Lyngsø]

Hi,

> After reviewing the archives, I found and read a thread from 3/24/06
> which details the issue I appear to be experiencing.  I could not 
> find a follow-up detailing a fix or workaround.

The fix I have used (don't know the version of Rancid we are running - so 
no diff):

Around Line 538 in clogin:

        for {set i 0} {$i < $num_commands} { incr i} {
            send "[subst -nocommands [lindex $commands $i]]\r"
            expect {
                -re "\b+"                       { exp_continue }

Around line 553 in clogin:

               -re "^ *--More--\[^\n\r]*"      {
                                                  send " "
                                                  exp_continue }

Move the match for More up so that it is the first thing Expect tries to 
match - i.e., patched version from line 536:

            send "[subst -nocommands [lindex $commands $i]]\r"
            expect {
                -re "^ *--More--\[^\n\r]*"      {
                                                  send " "
                                                  exp_continue }
                -re "\b+"                       { exp_continue }

Works for us with Cat1900 (and doesn't break on our PIXs, 2924Ms, 2950s, 
3548s, 3600s, 2948G-L3, and 3550 - be warned - it might break on other 
Cisco boxes).

Regards,
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Regnar Bang Lyngsø, Network Administrator
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