[rancid] Dealing with autocommand

[Joe Chiarelli]

Hi,

I am trying to get rancid to work with my cisco 2621 terminal servers.

However after the use logs in ,we use the autocommand to run the menu feature to access the other systems.


line vty 0 3
access-class 1 in
exec-timeout 30 0
password {hashed}
autocommand menu termsrv
transport input telnet
transport output telnet

How can I send the menu command I have configured to exit the menu on login so rancid will run its commands to backup the config?

Thanks,
Joe


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Post by Joe Chiarelli
Hi,
I am trying to get rancid to work with my cisco 2621 terminal servers.
However after the use logs in ,we use the autocommand to run the menu
feature to access the other systems.
line vty 0 3
access-class 1 in
exec-timeout 30 0
password {hashed}
autocommand menu termsrv
transport input telnet
transport output telnet
How can I send the menu command I have configured to exit the menu on
login so rancid will run its commands to backup the config?

It's been a while since I've done something like this, but it seems like
it might work for you:

You can setup "line vty 4" without the autocommand and only allow rancid
to login on that vty (either by access-class or special password, or
using rotary and using a special telnet port)

http://www.velocityreviews.com/threads/very-simple-question-on-vtys.565689/

There are probably other options. You would need to figure out what the
best of different hackish ways to fix it would be.

Post by Joe Chiarelli
Thanks,
Joe