[Asterisk-Users] Set system time over the phone

[Asterisk at Home]

Asterisk runs as the asterisk user not as root for
security reasons. Asterisk does not have permissions
to set the date. to test commands from the console do
an "su asterisk" first. you will then have the same
permissions as your script.

--- Mike Sander
<mike at corporatebankinginternational.com> wrote:
> I have installed Asterisk using the Ast at Home image
> for a client that is
> VoIP-a-phobic.
> 
> Hence the system cannot be connected to their LAN at
> all - don't ask why!
> 
> I have tested the clock at my installation lab, and
> all is fine, but they
> might want to set/check it.
> 
> I know there is the SayUnixTime command, and it
> works fine to say the time.
> 
> Is there a good dialplan command to test it? Best
> I've come across is
> System, but this exits non-zero. Any ideas?
> 
> exten 456,1,Background(Please-set-time-mmddhhmm)
> exten _.,1,System (date ${EXTEN})
> 
> 
> If I dial 456 I get the message, so I type 04021305
> (2nd April, 13:05).
> 
> On the console Asterisk reports the command Dial
> 04021305 exits non-zero.
> 
> If I then copy/paste into the shell, the command
> works.
> 
> Is there some weird brackets or something the System
> command is expecting
> - the voip-info.org is up and down a lot at the mo.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 
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