[rancid] Password not accepted after restore from Rancid backup

[Ugo Bellavance]

You may want to read this:
https://lists.archive.carbon60.com/rancid/users/11119?page=last

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 3:10 AM simon ben <guy20034u at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have the below Rancid setup working perfectly for sometime and just
> faced a issue after a restore of switch Config to the new switch
>
> Centos 8
> rancid version 3.9
>
> Now I wanted to replace a failed switch so using tftp i restored my rancid
> backup to the switch
> Now when from he console it asks me for a username which is admin
> and i put the password its not accepting
> ( all our switches configure with username and password )
>
> after some troubleshooting I found that there is  username in my backed-up
> rancid config file and also on the restored one on my new switch but the
> password is removed
> ---------
>
> !username admin privilege 15 password <removed>
>
> ----------------
>
> also in line console 0 i see the below
>
> --------------
> line con 0
> 807
> <http://192.168.107.152/viewvc/cvsroot/BldgA-Switches/configs/192.168.1.100?revision=1.4&view=markup#l807> exec-timeout
> 5 0
> 808
> <http://192.168.107.152/viewvc/cvsroot/BldgA-Switches/configs/192.168.1.100?revision=1.4&view=markup#l808> !
> password <removed>
> ----------------------
>
> so i realized that after i had restored the backup i had to create user
> and assigned a password for him
>
> So just wanted to know if this the right practice i need to go about or do
> i need to follow another way
>
> really appreciate your advise and help
>
>
> Thanks and regards
>
> Simon
>
>
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Ugo Bellavance (ugob at lubik.ca)
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