[Asterisk-Users] Set system time over the phone

Mon Apr 4 23:45:14 MST 2005

Peter Bowyer wrote:
>>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.
> 
> You need 'Read' instead of 'Background'.

No, because his next line is _.,1 so it will actually use the extension.

His problem is just one of permissions.  Maybe he should use a suid prog 
to set the date.

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
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