[asterisk-bugs] [JIRA] (ASTERISK-30097) console: Recent documentation changes for connecting to remote console are inconsistent

[Kevin Harwell (JIRA)]

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Kevin Harwell commented on ASTERISK-30097:
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I agree. When connecting with a remote console it seems the _asterisk.conf_ is re/loaded whether or not the {{-C}} option is specified, thus it does have an affect and the warning is wrong in at least the {{-C}} option case.

To whoever ends up working this issue: It's probably a good idea to check other options the patched updated again too.

> console: Recent documentation changes for connecting to remote console are inconsistent
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>
>                 Key: ASTERISK-30097
>                 URL: https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30097
>             Project: Asterisk
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>      Security Level: None
>          Components: Core/Logging
>    Affects Versions: 18.12.1
>         Environment: Asterisk compiled with a specific installpath and using a configuration from a different path.
>            Reporter: Matthias Hensler
>            Severity: Trivial
>
> The recent changes from ASTERISK-22246, that introduced warnings for parameters without effect when connecting to a remote console, are actually inconsistent.
> Specifically it lists the "-C" option for specifying a configuration file as having no effect, while it actually has.
> Consider the setup which we use here:
> * an asterisk version is compiled to its own installpath to make it easy for switching between versions. In this case "/usr/local/packages/asterisk-18.12.1" and a symlink "/usr/local/packages/asterisk" pointing to that specific version.
> * all the configuration is still at /etc/asterisk/ and asterisk is started with "-C /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf"
> * a cronjob is run to rotate the logfile: "/usr/local/packages/asterisk/sbin/asterisk -C /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf -rx 'logger rotate'"
> While above setup still works, it now issues the warning "'C' option is not compatible with remote console mode and has no effect.". But actually the "C"-option is still absolutely necessary to find the correct path to the remote-socket. Not using the "C"-option doesn't work:
> {quote}
>   Unable to open specified master config file '/usr/local/packages/asterisk-18.12.1/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf', using built-in defaults
>    Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /usr/local/packages/asterisk-18.12.1/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)
> {quote}
> It is still possible to make the command work by running " /usr/local/packages/asterisk/sbin/asterisk -s /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl -rx 'logger rotate'". However that still issues the first warning that the master-configfile isn't found.
> In conclusion I think that the "C"-option shouldn't marked as having no effect.



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