[rancid] problem with rancid crontab

[Alexander Griesser]

I'm not sure if your answer means that the problem is solved now or not; if it isn't, please add the following testscript as a cronjob and check the output:

Create the file "/tmp/envtest.sh" with the following content:
#!/bin/sh
export > /tmp/envtest.log
set >> /tmp/envtest.log
pwd >> /tmp/envtest.log

Save it and run `chmod 755 /tmp/envtest.sh`.
Add the following line to your crontab:

0                             * *   *   *                          rancid                   /tmp/envtest.sh

Wait a minute and check /tmp/envtest.log; you should see the environment and current working directory in the logfile then which might help to diagnose this issue.

Best,


Alexander Griesser
Head of Systems Operations

ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH

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Von: Vacheslav [mailto:m_zouhairy at skno.by]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2017 15:45
An: Alexander Griesser <AGriesser at anexia-it.com>; rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
Betreff: RE: [rancid] problem with rancid crontab

Well if it were properly set, the error would be clear.
rancid:x:103:101:added by portage for rancid:/var/rancid:/bin/bash
Thanks for the answer.

From: Alexander Griesser [mailto:AGriesser at anexia-it.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 4:16 PM
To: Vacheslav <m_zouhairy at skno.by<mailto:m_zouhairy at skno.by>>; rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net<mailto:rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net>
Subject: AW: [rancid] problem with rancid crontab

Hi,

You can set the CWD to ~rancid first and then execute "rancid-run", but this is (at least to my experience) not necessary if the home directory for your rancid user iss et properly in /etc/passwd.
What does `grep rancid /etc/passwd` return on your system? Is /var/rancid liste das the home directory for this account?

Best,

Alexander Griesser
Head of Systems Operations

ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH

E-Mail: AGriesser at anexia-it.com<mailto:AGriesser at anexia-it.com>
Web: http://www.anexia-it.com<http://www.anexia-it.com/>

Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt
Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler
Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT U63216601

Von: Rancid-discuss [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] Im Auftrag von Vacheslav
Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2017 14:23
An: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net<mailto:rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net>
Betreff: [rancid] problem with rancid crontab


Peace,
I configured crontab as root as such:
0                             */6 *   *   *                          rancid                   /usr/bin/rancid-run
# Clean out config differ logs5
0                             23  *   *   *                           rancid                   /usr/bin/find /var/rancid/logs -type f -mtime +2 -exec rm {} \

But an error is logged:
clogin error: Error: password file (//.cloginrc) does not exist
I do not understand what the path // is. The .cloginrc file is in /var/rancid
Or is it absolutely necessary to run cron as user rancid?
p.s I'm using rancid 3.7
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