[rancid] RANCID - Password Error using Telnet on Cisco Switch

[Lee]

On 12/19/16, John Heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:
> Am 19.12.2016 um 14:09 schrieb Lee <ler762 at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> On 12/19/16, heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:
>>> Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 10:42:28AM -0600, JP:
>>>> Setting up RANCID on CENTOS6
>>>>
>>>> in .cloginrc I put this line:
>>>>
>>>> add password x.x.x.45 {xxxxxx!} {xxxxxx!}
>>>>
>>>> When I try and test my password configuration it fails:
>>>>
>>  <.. snip ..>
>>>>
>>>> My password works fine when I enter it manually.
>>>>
>>>> My password contains a " ! " character - could this be causing the
>>>> problem?
>>>
>>> add password glob {foo\!bar}
>>
>> Just out of curiosity - why would you need to escape the ! when it's
>> inside {}s?
>>
>> I've got a ! in one of my passwords and
>> add password devname {pass!word}
>> works fine for ssh (I don't use telnet any more).
>
> Maybe the escaping isnt necessary for !, but it shouldnt hurt. I think i put
> a list in the manpage.

man cloginrc only mentions space & left/right squiggly brackets

Lee