[rt-users] Using qx in scrip to run a shell script?

[Ruslan Zakirov]

Hi.

I'm very sure executing external program from a scrip works. However, to be
safe you should use modules that catch all std streams or at very least make
sure you catch stdout of the program you exec.

Regards, Ruslan. From phone.
2010 10 2 00:39 пользователь "Peter Roosakos" <proosakos at yahoo.com> написал:
> Yeah, probably a bad idea to be using RT scrips to do this from a security
> standpoint, but when it didn't work it peaked my curiosity. I'll play with
> rights to see if this is indeed the only reason it didn't work...
>
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerrad Pierce [mailto:jpierce at cambridgeenergyalliance.org]
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 12:08 PM
> To: Peter Roosakos
> Cc: rt-users
> Subject: Re: [rt-users] Using qx in scrip to run a shell script?
>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 14:58, Peter Roosakos <proosakos at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I was curious if it is possible to use the perl ‘qx’ or similar command
>> inside of a custom action scrip to run a system level shell script.  My
> goal
>> is to automate the process of restarting a system service or daemon.  I
>> tried putting a couple of qx commands in the scrip. No errors, but no
>> restart either.
> Unless it's poorly configured, your webserver should not be root and
> therefore
> iughtn't not have the rights to do this.
>
> Although more complex, if I were keen on such functionality, I'd have the
> script send a magic cookie to an alias connected to a script that does
your
> dirty deed. Security of said script is left as a a blanket for the user to
> throw
> right out the door, but rejecting messages not originating on localhost
> would
> be a start.
>
> Otherwise have you considered *shudder* SNMP?
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