[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk System() call error *SOLVED*

[Jonathan Hobbs]

The full path name fixed the problem with script execution.
Thanks for all the help!

Jonathan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tzafrir Cohen" <tzafrir at cohens.org.il>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: March 9, 2005 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk System() call error


> On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 08:37:02AM -0500, Jonathan Hobbs wrote:
> > I have a linux (bash) script file which is invoked via:
> >
> > exten => s,3,System(./BuildMsg.sh ${SFile} msg02 msg99)
> >
>
> Don't assume the daemon runs in a certain directory. The working
> directory of a daemon should generally be '/' unless it is chrooted for
> security concerns.
>
> So please provide the full path to the script. Anyway, scripts don't
> belong in /etc/asterisk. There is enough junk there already.
>
> >
> > When I start asterisk with the command:   asterisk -vvvvgc
> >
> > This script executes as expected ('asterisk -gc' and 'asterisk -vg' also
> > work).  However, when I try to start asterisk with the command:
> >   'asterisk -g'  the script does not execute and I get the following
error
> > message in the 'messages' log file:
> >
> > Mar  9 08:06:55 WARNING[790]: Unable to execute './BuildMsg.sh 1-1 msg02
> > msg99'
> >
> > The script file is located in /etc/asterisk, and I have confirmed that
> > asterisk is looking for the script file in this location: I tried
> > exten => s,3,System(pwd > location.out) and location.out contained
> > '/etc/asterisk'.
>
> So let's start ruling out reasons:
>
> 1. use full path
>
> 2. System(ls -l /path/to/BuildMsg.sh >/tmp/output)
>
> 3. System(strace -o /tmp/trace /path/to/BuildMsg.sh 1-1 msg02 msg99)
>
> >
> > Asterisk is running as root and the group/owner of Buildmsg.sh are set
to
> > 'root' (I have also done a 'chmod 777 Buildmsg.sh' just to be sure).  I
am
> > running: Asterisk CVS-HEAD-02/17/05-11:17:10, on a linux box with GNU
bash,
> > version 2.05b.0(1)
>
> Distro? Kernel? Glibc?
>
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