[c-nsp] [rancid] Cisco L2tp class with password and rancid

[Martin Moens]

Hi John,

My piece of l2tp config:

l2tp-class <class-name>
 authentication
 <more config lines>
 password 7 <level-7-encrypted-pass>
 <more config lines>

Martin



cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net <> wrote on 07/07/2010 07:14:

> Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 06:49:04PM +0100, Alan Buxey:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>>> I have an issue when I configure a l2tp-class with a password in
>>>> it, every time I do a "sho run" the level 7 encrypted password is
>>>> shown differently. When using Rancid for config backups, every
>>>> time Rancid runs I receive a complaint my config has "changed".
>> 
>> I've had this issue with several devices and its been fixed by cisco.
>> 
>> recently, however, have had the same with the level 7 password
>> for energywise.  the 'fix' is to not have it encrypted in the config
>> and save it as plain text (level 0) - thats not acceptable.  you'll
>> have to do what i did - reconfigure rancid to ignore that value.
> 
> if you provide examples of these config lines, l2tp and energywise,
> i'll provide a hack to filter them within rancid.
> 
> they should, however, not change in the config and you should complain
> to cisco to get it fixed so that you can have them archived by rancid
> without the oscillating.
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