[asterisk-users] ! Command from -rx?

[Matt Riddell]

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Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> 
> What do you need that for?
> 
> '!' is pointless with asterisk -rx: with asterisk -r, '!' runs a local
> command in a subshel (or starts a new subshell) by the local cleint
> asterisk. It does nothing by the server.
> 
> So you might as well just run:
> 
>   ls

Unless somehow he has access to the Asterisk console from a non root
account and Asterisk is running as root and he wants to execute
something as root.

I would have thought though that if Asterisk is running as root, he'd
need to be root to access the console.

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Kind Regards,

Matt Riddell
Director
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