[rancid] Re: router config diffs - emailing stale info

[john heasley]

Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 03:26:54PM -0500, Ian Stong:
> Updates to below - I did find some entries that have a Status: Needs
> Checkout when running cvs status.  So I ran cvs update and now says
> Up-to-date.  I'll keep poking around unless someone has some advice as
> an experienced rancid user :)
> 
> Ian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net
> [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of Ian Stong
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:12 PM
> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: [rancid] Re: router config diffs - emailing stale info
> 
> Correction to #2 below - once in the proper directory I am able to
> verify Working and Repository revisions are the same:
> 
> ~/var/site-a/configs $ cvs status 10.20.30.4
> ===================================================================
> File: 10.20.30.4      Status: Locally Modified

it shouldn't be.  remove the file and cvs udpate.

>    Working revision:    1.744   2009-12-28 12:01:20 -0500
>    Repository revision: 1.744
> /home/rancid/var/CVS/site-a/configs/10.20.30.4,v
>    
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net
> [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of Ian Stong
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:06 PM
> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: [rancid] Re: router config diffs - emailing stale info
> 
> Well I see the following in the FAQ - Q. I keep receiving the same diff
> for a (or set of) devices, but I know the data is not changing
> repeatedly. Why? A. This is probably a CVS or filesystem permissions
> problem. Check the log file from the last run for that group for clues
> first; it may provide the exact cause. Note: It is very important the
> following be done as the user who normally runs the rancid collection
> from cron. Check the cvs status of the device's file. example: guelah
> [2704] cvs status rtr.shrubbery.net
> 
> 1) I checked to ensure all the rancid and CVS files are owned by rancid
> (chown -R rancid:rancid *)
> 
> 2) I set the CVSROOT variable (/var/CVS) and then went into
> /var/CVS/site-a/configs and type cvs status 10.20.30.4,v and it says
> cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: no such file     cvs status: use
> cvs add to create an entry     File: 10.20.30.4,v Status: unknown and no
> entry or revision control file.
> 
> 3) In the rancid log files I see some messages as follows: 
> cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for `configs/10.20.30.4'
> cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for `configs/10.20.30.3'
> cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!
> 
> 4) Looks like a CVS issue but unclear how to resolve.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john heasley [mailto:heas at shrubbery.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:53 PM
> To: Ian Stong
> Subject: Re: [rancid] router config diffs - emailing stale info
> 
> Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:36:01PM -0500, Ian Stong:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I have a rancid install that was working fine for quite awhile as it
> > would email any configuration differences it found. However, recently
> > it's been emailing config changes made weeks ago and keeps mailing old
> > config change differences.  For example, I added a line to an existing
> > ACL and it acts as if that change is being made every time rancid runs
> > and does a diff (running on unix).  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Any ideas what to check or what might have changed to cause this?
> 
> see the cvs section of the faq.
> 
> >  
> > 
> > retrieving revision 1.103
> > 
> > diff -U 4 -r1.103 10.20.30.5
> > 
> > @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Ian Stong
> > 
> >  
> > 
> 
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