[rt-users] how to run new rt cli in cron

[Asif Iqbal]

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, <jmoseley at corp.xanadoo.com> wrote:

> What's the specific problem with putting a password in a crontab or a shell
> script that cron calls?  Only folks with root access could see the
> password.  Besides, you've got to put the RT database password in plain
> text in your RT_SiteConfig file, unless you are running without a password,
> which is even worse...


good point. that answered my question

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> I haven't used the CLI, but if it's truly interactive, you'll need to write
> an expect script.
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> BTW, it appears you didn't catch my email with specific instructions for
> creating a Logo file...


I tried to follow. Is it possible to point to what I have done wrong based
on my last repy to
that email.

Thanks for your help


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> James Moseley
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> Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The rt cli from 2001 does not require a password to get the content of a
> ticket. So running it as part of a cron is not a problem
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> To get the content of a ticket with rt cli from rt-3.8.2 I need to run rt
> show <ticket number>, but it requires a password.
> So I need to run it interactively. Plus I am not comfortable to feed a
> password in cronjob.
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> How do I by pass the password prompt? Is there another user I can use
> instead where I don't have to feed a password thru cronjob?
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