[rancid] Rancid doesnt backup anything

[Remy Heiden]

Hi Michael (and list),

Sorry to spam you, but this issue sounds a lot like the one in the next
thread (
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2010-December/005413.html
).

Do you also run version 2.3.2a9?

Remy



On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 00:09, Remy Heiden <remyheiden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oops, Sorry.
> I was too quick to answer and didn't read all of the question.
>
> If these are "standard" Cisco switches, like 2900 Series or whatever,
> clogin should be able to enable the privileged mode.
>
> What happens when you set the autoenable to 0 (or remove the statement
> completely) AND remove the enable-password from the password statement?
> Does clogin still hang or are you getting a "normal" prompt that does
> respond to commands?
> Can you then enable the privileged mode on the switch after having clogin
> log into the switch?
>
> Please ensure the enable-password is correct and you have clogin connect to
> the right switch.
>
> Maybe you could post the command that clogin spawns to log into the switch
> and all the output after that?
>
> Greetz again,
> Remy
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 23:54, Remy Heiden <remyheiden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> I have run into the same issue and have fixed this by replacing the
>> autoenable command by noenable. The device ( I believe it was an
>> ACE-context, but I could be wrong here) doesn't support the enable command
>> and its rancid process will be waiting for the enable password: prompt
>> untill it times out.
>>
>> Somehow, simply removing the autoenable command doesn't work. I'm not sure
>> why.
>> Could someone please explain this?
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Remy
>>
>>
>> ==========================================================
>>
>> "The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like...
>> victory."
>>
>>  (Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore)
>>
>> ==========================================================
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/12/21 Schnatterer, Michael <michael.schnatterer at siemens.com>
>>
>>>   Hello
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a big problem:
>>>
>>> I have installed rancid and it works perfectly but by some devices Rancid
>>> do nothing, it means the log files are empty and rancid doesn’t backup any
>>> Configuration. Something that I recognized is, if I try “clogin Device_IP”
>>> he connect to the device. But if i type in show running-config nothing
>>> happens and a Time out reached.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here an example out of cloginrc:
>>>
>>> Add user  * “User”
>>>
>>> add password 192.168.1.1 DevicePW EnPW
>>>
>>> add autoenable 192.168.1.1 1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Things that I tried out:
>>>
>>> Router.db is right
>>>
>>> I change the autoenable status to 0
>>>
>>> I hang on the domain
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There are standart cisco switches why it doesn’t work???
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
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