hlogin works, clogin fails: why is clogin running?

[Aaron de Bruyn]

I have a handful of Procurve switches that need to be backed up.

My router.db looks like this:

usancddswt01;hp;up
usancssswt01;hp;up
uscmdprswt01;hp;up
useugofswt01;hp;up
usggzsdswt01;hp;up
ushqzofswt01;hp;up
uslog00swt01;hp;up
usloginswt01;hp;up
uslogofswt01;hp;up
...etc...snip...

I can run:
/usr/local/libexec/rancid/hlogin -c "show run" usancddswt01

...and it connects, logs in, executes 'show run', and logs off...perfect.

When I run rancid-run however, it seems to be running clogin instead of hlogin.

Am I correct in thinking that hlogin should be running because
router.db lists the switch type as 'hp'?

Am I missing something?

Thanks,

-A

[Aaron C. de Bruyn]

$ rancid-run -V
rancid 3.1
$ /usr/local/libexec/rancid/hrancid -d ushqzofswt01.smiles.local
executing hlogin -t 90 -c"show version;show flash;show
system-information;show system information;show module;show stack;show
tech transceivers;show config files;show config status;write term"
ushqzofswt01.smiles.local
ushqzofswt01.smiles.local clogin error: Error: TIMEOUT reached
ushqzofswt01.smiles.local clogin error: Error: TIMEOUT reached
ushqzofswt01.smiles.local: missed cmd(s): all commands
ushqzofswt01.smiles.local: End of run not found
ushqzofswt01.smiles.local: End of run not found
;
$

I did notice that clogin shows the escape characters briefly (they
flash up at the router prompt) then disappear.

-A


On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Dan Anderson <dan.w.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I assume that you're running RANCID 3.x based on the snippet of your
> router.db file. Can you confirm what version you are running? Does hrancid
> -d <device> work correctly?

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