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Cisco RANCID - enable not working

Hi Guys,

I'm setting a RANCID server for backup my cicso CFG files on a weekly bases. I have complete all configuration successfully and using the below settings for my clogin file.

add user * elly
add password * {test} {enabletest}
add method * ssh telnet

When i run "bin/clogin 192.168.1.5"

PHP Code:




User Access Verification 
 
Username: elly 
Password:  
 
                                !!!WARNING!!! 
     ##################################################################### 
     ##   ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM IS STRICTLY RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED    ## 
     ##   PERSONS ONLY.                                                 ## 
     ##   UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM IS NOT ALLOWED AND EVERY   ## 
     ##   ACTIVITY IS MONITORED ON THIS SYSTEM.                         ## 
     ##################################################################### 
 
switch1>

Then i stops here. RANCID doesn't continue with enable login. Try to get some information on the net but was not succesfully. Any suggestions?

Hi,

managed to resolve this issue.

The problem was my my banners. RANCID gets confused if a banners contains '>' or '#'. See below Q&A from RANCID page.

http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/FAQ

Q. Are there any characters in the banner that rancid has problems with OR
I changed the device's command prompt and now collection is failing?
A. The trickiest part about clogin (et al) is recognizing the prompt
correctly. clogin looks for '>' and '#' to figure out if it is logged
in or in enable mode. So if you have a '>' or '#' in your login banner
(or other motd), then clogin gets confused and will not be able to log
in correctly, and thus rancid will fail.