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RANCID and restricted user on ASA

You may not want to configure RANCID using yout your default privilege level 15 user when it performs backup of your Cisco ASA. Leveraging commmand authorization will enable granular control of which commands it runs. !– Allowed commands privilege cmd level 4 mode exec command more privilege cmd level 4 mode exec command dir privilege […]

A guide to installing FreeBSD and RANCID

Document Purpose and audience This post aims to give a high-level introduction to the installation and configuration of FreeBSD and RANCID. The tutorial is intended for newbies in the world of FreeBSD/RANCID. Disclaimer I’m myself fairly new to FreeBSD, as the content of this post will reflect. Installing FreeBSD Hardware For my intallation I have […]