RancidSVN: New Repository Location

***SUPPORT DISCLAIMER***
RancidSVN is NOT AFFILIATED WITH NOR SUPPORTED BY THE RANCID TEAM. 
Please do not contact them about issues related to RancidSVN. They won't 
help you. Maybe in the future my integrated version may be merged into 
the RANCID code, but until such time it is not supported by them.
***END DISCLAIMER***

I've gotten quite a few emails on the status of my RancidSVN project.

It is quite alive and well. I'm working on a version that integrates 
with 2.3.1 and allows the option of using either subversion or CVS as 
your backend, but that version is still highly experimental and I'm not 
releasing public versions at this time.

The original RancidSVN is fully available however. It is a drop-in 
replacement for RANCID can be viewed or checked out via Subversion at 
http://svn.dastylinrastan.com/rastan/rancidSVN.

To obtain the source, use the following command or a Subversion Client:

# svn export http://svn.dastylinrastan.com/rastan/rancidSVN 
<destinationpath>

And compile just like RANCID.

If you already have the RANCID 2.3.1 sources, a patch can be downloaded 
here:

http://svn.dastylinrastan.com/rastan/rancidSVN/RancidSVN-2.3.1.patch

Re: RancidSVN: New Repository Location

I really will get to your patch at some point.  Lack of spare time; dont
take my silence as non-interest.  Your effort is appreciated.

Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 04:52:19PM -0700, Justin Grote:
> ***SUPPORT DISCLAIMER***
> RancidSVN is NOT AFFILIATED WITH NOR SUPPORTED BY THE RANCID TEAM. 
> Please do not contact them about issues related to RancidSVN. They won't 
> help you. Maybe in the future my integrated version may be merged into 
> the RANCID code, but until such time it is not supported by them.
> ***END DISCLAIMER***

Re: RANCID hangs with HP 4104 and 2524

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:10:40 -0500 (EST), Chris Gallardo
<wcgallar <at> iupui.edu> wrote:
> actually both of these devices use the HP driver so use hlogin to test
> it.  I have gotten hlogin -c 'show config' IP_ADDRESS to work with my
> hp 4104's, 4108's, and 2524's
> 
I ran this command. Both of them just sat at the switches prompt.

Dave

Re: RANCID hangs with HP 4104 and 2524

Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 04:04:24PM -0800, Big Wave Dave:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:10:40 -0500 (EST), Chris Gallardo
> <wcgallar <at> iupui.edu> wrote:
> > actually both of these devices use the HP driver so use hlogin to test
> > it.  I have gotten hlogin -c 'show config' IP_ADDRESS to work with my
> > hp 4104's, 4108's, and 2524's
> > 
> I ran this command. Both of them just sat at the switches prompt.

I'd guess that you have autoenable misconfigured in your .cloginrc.
otherwise, provide the transcript.

Re: RancidSVN: New Repository Location

john heasley wrote:

>I really will get to your patch at some point.  Lack of spare time; dont
>take my silence as non-interest.  Your effort is appreciated.
>  
>
No problem whatsoever. I didn't mean at all for that comment to come off 
as a stab against you guys, but upon a second reading I see how it could 
be interpreted that way. I have the utmost respect for the project and I 
just didn't want to hamper development for my quick hack, it was just 
something that I wanted and some other people had interest in :).

Don't worry about validating the drop-in replacement for inclusion, it's 
too intrusive to your current source. When I get my integrated version 
done that offers Subversion as an option rather than mandatory, I'll 
send it over. I've been doing my best to follow your coding conventions 
and styles, so it's not too intrusive. You guys also did such an 
excellent job of separating the collector and repository code that I 
don't even have to touch the collector code and router profiles, just 
the repository code.

I'd say the best benefit to this has been the ability to commit via http 
and svn+ssh://. In larger deployments, I have RancidSVN running at each 
site, and they all commit to a central repository (each site being a 
subdirectory), giving a centralized view of the entire network. The 
low-cost svn copy is real nice to take snapshots of the network, plus 
all the other great stuff about Subversion (such as directory version 
control).

Keep up the great work!

Re: RANCID hangs with HP 4104 and 2524

> > > actually both of these devices use the HP driver so use hlogin to test
> > > it.  I have gotten hlogin -c 'show config' IP_ADDRESS to work with my
> > > hp 4104's, 4108's, and 2524's
> > >
> > I ran this command. Both of them just sat at the switches prompt.
> 
> I'd guess that you have autoenable misconfigured in your .cloginrc.
> otherwise, provide the transcript.
> 
Indeed... I did not have the "autoenable" set.  I had not seen that in
the documentation.

Thanks for the help!

Dave

HP 4108 ssh and rancid

I'm trying to get rancid to connect to a hp 4108gl switch using ssh

i defined the method in .cloginrc as

add method 10.129.9.169 ssh

i get this error when running hlogin

wcgallar <at> brutus wcgallar $ hlogin -c 'show config' 10.129.9.169
10.129.9.169
spawn hpuifilter -- 'ssh -c 3des -x -l rancid' 10.129.9.169
hpuifilter: execlp() failed: No such file or directory

i'm trying to figure out where this function is called and where it
should be located.

--

Chris Gallardo

Re: HP 4108 ssh and rancid

Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:07:00AM -0500, Chris Gallardo:
> I'm trying to get rancid to connect to a hp 4108gl switch using ssh
> 
> i defined the method in .cloginrc as
> 
> add method 10.129.9.169 ssh
> 
> i get this error when running hlogin
> 
> wcgallar <at> brutus wcgallar $ hlogin -c 'show config' 10.129.9.169
> 10.129.9.169
> spawn hpuifilter -- 'ssh -c 3des -x -l rancid' 10.129.9.169
> hpuifilter: execlp() failed: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> i'm trying to figure out where this function is called and where it
> should be located.

ssh appears to not be in the PATH.  however, ssh does not yet work with
hlogin; sorry.

Alteon SSL Devices

Guys,

    I have two Alteon SSL accelerators that I'd like help making a script 
for.  I can get you a session log to know what all the prompts and commands 
should be, but I don't know how to script it myself.

::Bryce:: 

rancid: mail filenames only, set max rounds

The attached patch:

- adds a "MAIL_FILENAME_ONLY" tunable to control whether entire diffs
  are mailed as per the default, or only the filename is mailed.

- adds a "MAX_ROUNDS" tunable to control the maximum number of
  rounds/passes.

This patch is relative to a clean 2.3.1.  It does not change default
behavior.

Thanks!

- Morty

diff -cr rancid-2.3.1/bin/control_rancid.in rancid-2.3.1-local-p1/bin/control_rancid.in
*** rancid-2.3.1/bin/control_rancid.in	Fri Mar 12 23:13:09 2004
--- rancid-2.3.1-local-p1/bin/control_rancid.in	Thu Apr 21 00:01:53 2005
***************
*** 308,315 ****

  # This section will generate a list of missed routers
  # and try to grab them again.  It will run through
! # $pass times.
! pass=4
  round=1
  if [ -f $DIR/routers.up.missed ]; then
      rm -f $DIR/routers.up.missed