[rancid] Hop onto router/gateway to login to another router

Discussion:

Muhammad Shoaib

2013-11-25 21:13:21 UTC

Hello,

I ran into a scenario where I need to jump through a router or routers to get the config of the target router.

I have searched archives and found the following thread (Sept 2008 ) and wondering if this is still intact or better ways has been incorporated into the newer versions of 'rancid'.

http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2008-September/003283.html

I am running the rancid 2.3.8

Any hints / links would be appreciated

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Muhammad

Muhammad Shoaib

2013-11-26 01:50:46 UTC

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I tried the following configuration but seeing an error :

--- .cloginrc
add method far-router {usercmd}
add user far-router admin
add password far-router {password} {password}
add usercmd far-router {clogin} {-noenable} {gateway-router}
add usercmd_chat far-router {>} {telnet far-router\r} {User Access Verification} {}

---- output
[***@ca01net03 ~]$ clogin far-router
far-router

Error: unknown connection method: usercmd
[***@ca01net03 ~]$

Do I need to install/patch rancid to get "usercmd" to work ?

Please advise.

From: Muhammad Shoaib
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 1:13 PM
To: 'rancid-***@shrubbery.net'
Subject: Hop onto router/gateway to login to another router

Hello,

I ran into a scenario where I need to jump through a router or routers to get the config of the target router.

I have searched archives and found the following thread (Sept 2008 ) and wondering if this is still intact or better ways has been incorporated into the newer versions of 'rancid'.

http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2008-September/003283.html

I am running the rancid 2.3.8

Any hints / links would be appreciated

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Muhammad

heasley

2013-11-27 16:48:01 UTC

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Post by Muhammad Shoaib
---- output
far-router
Error: unknown connection method: usercmd

clogin would need to be patched to accept usercmd.

Post by Muhammad Shoaib
Do I need to install/patch rancid to get "usercmd" to work ?
Please advise.
From: Muhammad Shoaib
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 1:13 PM
Subject: Hop onto router/gateway to login to another router
Hello,
I ran into a scenario where I need to jump through a router or routers to get the config of the target router.
I have searched archives and found the following thread (Sept 2008 ) and wondering if this is still intact or better ways has been incorporated into the newer versions of 'rancid'.
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2008-September/003283.html

there are one or two patches folks have sent to the list. I'd like to pull
them into 3.0 final, but they're not integrated yet.

Post by Muhammad Shoaib
I am running the rancid 2.3.8
Any hints / links would be appreciated
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Muhammad
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Muhammad Shoaib

2013-11-29 20:11:27 UTC

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Thank you so much Heasley for the reply.

Will there be any chance the patch will be integrated to 2.3.8 soon. I have few hundred routers that is accessible only through a gateway.

Thank you
Muhammad

-----Original Message-----
From: heasley [mailto:***@shrubbery.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 8:48 AM
To: Muhammad Shoaib
Cc: rancid-***@shrubbery.net
Subject: Re: [rancid] Hop onto router/gateway to login to another router

Post by Muhammad Shoaib
---- output
far-router
Error: unknown connection method: usercmd

clogin would need to be patched to accept usercmd.

there are one or two patches folks have sent to the list. I'd like to pull
them into 3.0 final, but they're not integrated yet.