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

[Dale Shaw]

Thanks John, you pointed me in the right direction.

I neglected to mention that the box is virtual, and I was using the
'NAT' network interface for communicating via the host OS. Obviously
ICMP unreachables aren't handled by VMware Server (although echo
request/reply is). I changed the VM to 'Bridged', jiggled some guest
OS settings, and voila! It all started happening.

cheers,
Dale

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:19 PM, john heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:
> 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.
>