[rancid] "sh: clogin: command not found" when run from cron

[Adam Korab]

How about specifying the full path e.g., /home/rancid/bin/rancid-run
instead of just rancid-run?

--Adam
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Adam Korab

On Dec 11, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Chris Hunt <dharmachris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>    I'm having some trouble getting rancid to work properly after
> migrating to CentOS 5.8.  I can successfully run it from the BASH while
> logged in as the rancid user:
> !
> [rancid at noc ~]$ clogin -c 'show version' router-2.example.com
> router-2.example.com
> spawn ssh -c 3des -x -l nocservices router-2.example.com
> ...
> router-2>enable
> Password:
> router-2#
> router-2#terminal length 0
> router-2#show version
> Cisco IOS Software, 7200 Software ....
> Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
> Copyright (c) 1986-2006 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
> ...
> router-2 uptime is 3 years, 17 weeks, 3 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes
> ...
> 3 FastEthernet interfaces
> 1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Module
> 125K bytes of NVRAM.
>
> 62976K bytes of ATA PCMCIA card at slot 1 (Sector size 512 bytes).
> 4096K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K).
> Configuration register is 0x2102
>
> router-2#
> [rancid at noc ~]$ rancid -d router-2.example.com
> executing clogin -t 90 -c"show version;show redundancy secondary;show
> idprom backplane;show install active;show env all;show rsp
> chassis-info;show gsr chassis;show diag chassis-info;show boot;show
> bootvar;show variables boot;show flash;dir /all nvram:;dir /all
> bootflash:;dir /all slot0:;dir /all disk0:;dir /all slot1:;dir /all
> disk1:;dir /all slot2:;dir /all disk2:;dir /all harddisk:;dir /all
> harddiska:;dir /all harddiskb:;dir /all sup-bootflash:;dir /all
> sup-microcode:;dir /all slavenvram:;dir /all slavebootflash:;dir /all
> slaveslot0:;dir /all slavedisk0:;dir /all slaveslot1:;dir /all
> slavedisk1:;dir /all slaveslot2:;dir /all slavedisk2:;dir /all
> slavesup-bootflash:;dir /all sec-nvram:;dir /all sec-bootflash:;dir /all
> sec-slot0:;dir /all sec-disk0:;dir /all sec-slot1:;dir /all
> sec-disk1:;dir /all sec-slot2:;dir /all sec-disk2:;show controllers;show
> controllers cbus;show diagbus;show diag;show module;show spe
> version;show c7200;show inventory raw;show vtp status;show vlan;show
> vlan-switch;show debug;more system:running-config;show
> running-config;write term" router-2.example.com
> PROMPT MATCH: router-2#
> HIT COMMAND:router-2#show version
>    In ShowVersion: router-2#show version
> TYPE = 7200
> HIT COMMAND:router-2#show redundancy secondary
>    In ShowRedundancy: router-2#show redundancy secondary
> HIT COMMAND:router-2#show idprom backplane
>    In ShowIDprom: router-2#show idprom backplane
> ....
> HIT COMMAND:router-2#write term
>    In WriteTerm: router-2#write term
> !
>
> But when run from the rancid user' crontab, it fails saying "The
> following routers have not been successfully contacted for more than 4
> hours." then lists the router.  The logfile shows:
> sh: clogin: command not found
> !
> router-2.example.com: missed cmd(s): dir /all slavedisk2:,show rsp
> chassis-info,dir /all sec-slot2:,show diag,dir /all disk1:,show gsr
> chassis,dir /all sec-nvram:,show diag chassis-info,dir /all disk2:,dir
> /all sec-bootflash:,show spe version,dir /all slaveslot2:,dir /all
> disk0:,show install active,show bootvar,dir /all slaveslot0:,dir /all
> sec-slot1:,dir /all harddiska:,dir /all slavenvram:,show flash,dir /all
> sec-disk2:,dir /all slavesup-bootflash:,dir /all sec-disk0:,dir /all
> harddiskb:,show variables boot,show boot,show inventory raw,dir /all
> slavedisk1:,show env all,show module,show controllers,show diagbus,more
> system:running-config,dir /all slavedisk0:,show debug,show idprom
> backplane,dir /all bootflash:,dir /all sec-slot0:,dir /all
> sec-disk1:,write term,show vtp status,dir /all sup-bootflash:,dir /all
> slot2:,dir /all harddisk:,dir /all slot0:,dir /all sup-microcode:,show
> vlan,dir /all slavebootflash:,show controllers cbus,dir /all
> slaveslot1:,dir /all nvram:,show version,show vlan-switch,show
> redundancy secondary,show running-config,show c7200,dir /all slot1:
> router-2.example.com: End of run not found
> !
>
> I suspected a path issue, so I added the path to the crontab file:
>
> #
> PATH=/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/var/rancid:/usr/local/rancid/bin:/usr/libexec/rancid:.
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> */5 * * * * rancid-run -m me at example.com
> #
>
> Can someone please hit me with a clue bat?
>
> Cheers,
> -Chris
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