[rancid] .cloginrc - problem with password

[Trix Farrar]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:48:17PM +0100, Paolo De Michele wrote:
> my .cloginrc:
> 
> add user 10.0.0.3 xxxxxxxxxx
> add password 10.0.0.3 {P-------l----3--------@} {L------x-x-0----l-------}
> 
> from console:
> 
> xxxxxxxxxx at 10.0.0.3's password:
> Permission denied, please try again.
> 
> Error: Check your passwd for 10.0.0.3
> 
> why?
> 

I'm willing to bet that the '@' is tripping you up.  Try escaping it
with a backslash ('\@' instead of '@') in the password portion of your
~/.cloginrc.  I've run into that before.

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