Oddly enough for really rare platforms that require specialized methods like that,<div>(i.e.: Log in, execute a backup to a variable file name, then yank it down with ftp/s/scp),</div><div>I've been doing something more along the lines of building an expect script on the fly and</div>
<div>triggering it to run against $targets.</div><div><br></div><div>Remarkably similar to what rancid would do, but modifying rancid other than relatively minimally</div><div>challenges my perl skills.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Peter<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/11/8 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mickael.garnier-prestataire@labanquepostale.fr">mickael.garnier-prestataire@labanquepostale.fr</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Hi,</font>
<br>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">we use this patch for backuping nortel
baystack routers :</font>
<br><a href="http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2009-October/004292.html" target="_blank"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2009-October/004292.html</font></a>
<br><a href="http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/attachments/20091008/5435d62a/attachment.obj" target="_blank"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/attachments/20091008/5435d62a/attachment.obj</font></a>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">However, we found that it doesn't backup
all the config from the router and we are planning to implement a backup
with TFTP in order to have a complete backup.</font>
<br></div><div class="im"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">As someone already tried to backup a
nortel baystack with TFTP ? Do you have a script to share ?</font>
<br>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Hope this will help you.</font>
<br>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Mickael GARNIER</font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">De :
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">matthieu flye <<a href="mailto:mcmyst@hotmail.fr" target="_blank">mcmyst@hotmail.fr</a>></font>
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<br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Date :
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">08/11/2010 13:19</font>
<br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Objet :
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">[rancid] Nortel
and CTRL+Y menu</font>
<br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Envoyé par :
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a href="mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net" target="_blank">rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net</a></font>
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<br></div><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Hi,<br>
<br>
I first apologize for my poor english, I'm french.<br>
I never used mailing lists, so I hope I'm using the good mailing adress...<br>
Here is my problem:<br>
Im using rancid in order to configure Cisco switches and it works pretty
well, but recently we received some Nortel switches like MESU 1860. My
problem is that I can't login on those switch because rancid can't pass
this page :<br>
<br>
### ### ########### ########## #############
########### ###<br>
#### ### ############# ############ ############# ###########
###<br>
##### ### ### ### ###
### ### ###
###<br>
###### ### ### ### ### ###
### ###
###<br>
### ### ### ### ### ############
### ######### ###<br>
### ### ### ### ### ###########
### ######### ###<br>
### ###### ### ### ### ###
### ### ###<br>
### ##### ### ### ### ###
### ###
###<br>
### #### ############# ### ###
### ########### ###########<br>
### ### ########### ###
### ### ########### ###########<br>
<br>
<br>
Enter Ctrl-Y to begin.<br>
<br>
***************************************************************<br>
*** Metro Ethernet Services Unit 1860B
***<br>
*** Nortel Networks, Inc.
***<br>
*** Copyright (c) 1996-2009, All Rights Reserved
***<br>
*** SW:REL3.7.0.0
***<br>
*** (General Availability)
***<br>
***************************************************************<br>
<br>
After this I have to enter my login and password, and it should be fine
because it's CLI and not a menu with use of arrow keys like I saw on other
mailing list.<br>
<br></div></div>
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