[rancid] Re: Timeouts on Cisco ASA

[Carlo Finotti]

Yep that is basically the same thing that is happening to me.  It
seems like the package works great for routers and switches but is a
bit buggy for an ASA especially in multiple context mode.  Hopefully
someone has this setup and working and can shed some light on our
dilemma.


On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:22 AM, JP Viljoen <froztbyte at froztbyte.net> wrote:
> I've got a few Cisco devices that I'm monitoring configs and changes to the
> configs with using RANCID, and among them is an ASA. The problem I have is that
> logging into the ASA with clogin seems to just stall. It gets as far the
> prompt immediately after login, and from there's it's just dead.
>
> rancid at mon:~/rancid/bin$ ./clogin 10.1.2.1
> 10.1.2.1
> spawn ssh -c 3des -x -l user 10.1.2.1
> user at 10.1.2.1's password:
> Type help or '?' for a list of available commands.
> ciscoasa>
> {TIMEOUT here}
>
> Entering commands at this point is unsuccessful, as is giving commands with
> the -c parameter. Logging into the device with ssh on its own works perfectly
> though:
>
> rancid at mon:~/rancid/bin$ ssh user at 10.1.2.1
> user at 10.1.2.1's password:
> Type help or '?' for a list of available commands.
> ciscoasa> ?
>
>  clear       Reset functions
>  enable      Turn on privileged commands
> <snip>
>
> My .cloginrc for the specific device is as follows:
>
> add user 10.1.2.1               {user}
> add password 10.1.2.1           {loginpass} {enablepass}
> add method 10.1.2.1             ssh
>
> Initially the configuration was with Telnet, using which I experienced the same
> timeout issue. After some reading through the archives I established that it
> might be worth attempting to use SSH and have now run into the same issue. If
> anyone else has perhaps solved this issue, or have a pointer on what I could
> look at?
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