[rancid] Re: clogin error

[Lance Vermilion]

I would suggest following some of results from here.

http://www.google.com/search?q=rancid+howto

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:17 AM, Grace Ingabire <gingabire at rwandatel.rw> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
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> I have done it as advised. In my /root/.clogin I have this syntax for all
> our devices:
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> add user xxx  peter
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> add password xxx  password enable password
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> add method xxx {telnet}
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> Where are we supposed to add devices (routers) manually?
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> I have tried to test as rancid user and got this:
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> /usr/local/rancid/bin/clogin xxx
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> spawn telnet xxx
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> Trying xxx...
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> Connected to xxx (xxx).
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> Escape character is '^]'.
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> Cisco Systems Console
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> Enter password:
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> Enter password:
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> Enter password:
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> Connection closed by foreign host.
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> spawn ssh -c 3des -x -l rancid xxx
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> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
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> Error: Connection closed (ssh): xxx
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> What is the root cause of this?
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> Thanks for your quick reply.
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> Regards,
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> Grace
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> ________________________________
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> From: Steve Ousley [mailto:steve at host-it.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:57 AM
> To: 'Grace Ingabire'; rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: RE: [rancid] clogin error
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> Hi Grace
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> All you need to do is make the file not writable by anyone except the user
> that rancid runs as.  You can do this by running the command:
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> chmod 600 .cloginrc
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> in the home directory of the user that rancid runs as.
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> Steve Ousley - SO620-RIPE
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> Nuco Technologies Ltd
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> steve at host-it.co.uk
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> From: rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net
> [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of Grace Ingabire
> Sent: 12 November 2008 08:53
> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: [rancid] clogin error
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> Hello,
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> I installed and configured rancid properly but when trying to test it with
> /usr/local/rancid/bin/clogin xx.xx.xx.xx, I'm getting this error
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> Error: /root/.cloginrc must not be world readable/writable.
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> Should not we edit this file?
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> Need your advice on the .clogin file and where should we add manually all
> devices.
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> Thanks.
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> Regards,
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> Grace
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