[rt-users] [SOLVED] Re: Problemwith rt-crontool: can't get it running

[Kevin Falcone]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 03:53:25PM +0100, Patrick G. Stoesser wrote:
> As often, just after I wrote to the list, I got a solution.
> 
> I just opened the line specified in the error message once again and
> saw the comment "VALUE is a queue id or Name." In the cron line, I
> specified "--search-arg general". And so my idea was that maybe
> "general" is not "a queue id or Name". So I replaced "--search-arg
> general" with "--search-arg Level1" (Level1 is the Name of one of my
> queues). And what can I say: It works.
> 
> At least for a Debian system, the wiki documentation is wrong.

General is the name of the default Queue that RT ships to get you
started.

If you've disabled that Queue, then yes, lots of examples will be
"wrong".

-kevin

> Am 18.01.2013 15:35, schrieb Patrick G. Stoesser:
> >Hello there,
> >
> >even after googleing and trying several hours I'm still stuck with
> >rt-crontool.
> >
> >I'm running RT 4.0.7 via Backports on a Debian Squeeze system. RT
> >istelfs works ok so far, but rt-crontool not.
> >
> >According to the manual, I have added a non-privileged system user
> >(rtcron).This user is ingroup staff and www-data.
> >Iadded a privileged RT user rtcron (setting UNIX login also to rtcron),
> >gave this RT user the rights "ShowTicket" and "ModifyTicket".
> >
> >In cron I added
> >@hourly * * * * * rtcron /usr/bin/rt-crontool --search
> >RT::Search::ActiveTicketsInQueue --search-arg general --action
> >RT::Action::LinearEscalate --verbose
> >
> >What happens: Nothing. The only thing: In syslog and in RTs log the call
> >results in
> >
> >[warning]: Use of uninitialized value $args{"VALUE"} in join or string
> >at /usr/share/request-tracker4/lib/RT/Tickets.pm line 2099.
> >(/usr/share/request-tracker4/lib/RT/Tickets.pm:2099)
> >
> >[warning]: Use of uninitialized value $value in substitution (s///) at
> >/usr/share/request-tracker4/lib/RT/Tickets.pm line 3403.
> >(/usr/share/request-tracker4/lib/RT/Tickets.pm:3403)
> >
> >[warning]: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
> >/usr/share/request-tracker4/lib/RT/Tickets_SQL.pm line 262.
> >(/usr/share/request-tracker4/lib/RT/Tickets_SQL.pm:262)
> >
> >At those lines there'snothing I could regognize as appearently broken.
> >So at the moment, I'm completely stumped.
> >
> >Has anyone an idea?
> >
> >Thanks for all comments.
> >
> >Regards, Patrick
> 
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