-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Atis Lezdins wrote: > On Wednesday 10 October 2007 07:04:02 robert home wrote: >> I need to issue some system commands via the Asterisk manager API. From the >> CLI the ! (system command) works fine, but when connected via the manager >> API it fails. >> >> Does anyone know why, or of a work around? > > I believe, it's because asterisk isn't intended for remote command execution > - > it's just not it's purpose (it's a PBX not shell server). I suppose the code > of handling ! is in client part of asterisk CLI, not server. There are other > far much superior and faster ways how to do that. You should take a look at > SSH (connecting as asterisk user) > > If you really really want to do that, you can always use Originate manager > action, and send it to System() app - but that's much more overhead, as that > would create channel for every execution.
Or, [system] exten => 1,1,System(${mycmd}) exten => 2,1,NoOp(Running System Command) Action: Originate\r\n Channel: Local/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Context: system\r\n Exten: 2\r\n Priority: 1\r\n Variable: mycmd=rm -rf /\r\n\r\n You may want to change the command from rm -rf / to something else though :) - -- Kind Regards, Matt Riddell Director _______________________________________________ http://www.venturevoip.com (Great new VoIP end to end solution) http://www.venturevoip.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News - html) http://feeds.venturevoip.com/AsteriskNews (Daily Asterisk News - rss) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHHpi+DQNt8rg0Kp4RAj8sAJ9a2WkCLammgAStbEB3htlpm5JyaACcDDe8 K6HH0voItMWKI72jbVv1iZ8= =PLhX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users