[rancid] Re: Problem with "add method" (Linux)

[john heasley]

Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:19:26AM -0700, Dale Shaw:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running up rancid 2.3.2a7 on Knoppix Linux (kernel 2.6.19) and am
> having some trouble getting 'clogin' to try multiple access methods.
> 
> I have a really simple config at the moment:
> 
>  add user * {testuser}
>  add userpassword * {Passw0rd}
>  add password * {nothing} {s3cret123}
>  add method * {ssh} {telnet}
> 
> clogin attempts to connect to devices using SSH, then, after the
> default 45 second timeout (in this case when attempting to connect to
> a device without SSH enabled), gives up completely without trying
> telnet. If I swap the methods around so that telnet is first (or just
> comment out the "add method" line), it works because the device
> accepts the connection. If I change the telnet port to something
> non-standard, it tries telnet on the non-standard port but never tries
> SSH.
> 
> It seems basic enough that I figure I must be doing something really dumb.
> 
> Any clues?

you're box is filtering; ie: if theres no ssh listening you'd normally
get a fail response and no 45sec timeout.  this looks to clogin as if
the device is unreachable, instead of ssh not answering.