So, this topic came up during a discussion about CLI and GUI and interfaces and all. And I gathered some information about it but could not find a definite complete answer.
So, think that you are developing a CLI for a set of API. So what functions can the CLI perform before it calls the particular method for the command that was entered.
There are few points that I was able to think of and also got from the internet.
Validation of the command
Security check
What else does a CLI do before executing the command?
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Can you please help me insert my bash script into freeradius. I would like to start my script each time a user is allowed access via freeradius to my network.
I tried to insert my script into queries (/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/sql/main/mysql/queries.conf), but the script is not invoked.
If you have any idea on how to do this please let me know.
Thank you in advance!
Adding random things to the SQL configuration isn't going to help here.
You need to configure the exec module, the best example is in mods-enabled/echo (though also see mods-enabled/exec). There are examples in that file on how to point to the script that you want to run, and what it should return.
Then to ensure that it is run after a successful authentication, make sure that echo (or whatever instance name you gave to the module configuration) is listed in the post-auth{} section of the correct virtual server, most likely sites-enabled/default.
Note that calling out to external scripts is nearly always a bad idea, it will cause performance to drop significantly. There is usually a better way to solve the problem.
I'm installing the latest MMASetup-AMD64.exe and want to hook up to Log Analytics AND SCOM. But, I'm having trouble finding the command line parameters for SCOM. Does anybody know them? The Log Analytics ones are well documented and are here:
ADD_OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE=1
OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE_ID="1234"
OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE_KEY="5678"
I need the equivalent parameters for management group name and management server. Effectively completing these boxes but via the command line.
Thanks in advance.
I believe parameters for management group, secure port, etc. are not available with MMASetup-AMD64.exe. Here are the supported command line options with it. So may be, if its feasible in your environment and setup, try to use MOMAgent.msi to install agent manually or to deploy System Center Operations Manager agents from the command line or by using the Setup Wizard. The parameters like MANAGEMENT_GROUP, SECURE_PORT, etc. are all explained along with examples in this document. For more information, please refer it.
Other references related to OM agents and OM groups:
Process manual agent installations
Configuring Windows agents
Operations Manager agents
Creating and managing groups
Connecting management groups in Operations Manager
Planning a Management Group Design
I would like the ansible to wait for my input in the command line for interactive script running in remote machine. "Expect" will not suite my requirement as the interactive questions keep changing.
eg
xxx.pl
This must be the user which is running service. [root:root]': y ----> i should be allowed to change in realtime
handling utilities? [/usr/bin]: y ---> same with this
This is not possible with Ansible.
Ansible packs all task scripts/parameters before sending it for execution to remote host and there is no way (as of Ansible 2.4) to get any feedback during task execution – only final result of task.
For anyone (like myself) curious about this and landing on this page per google. Looks as if it's now possible through the prompts feature! (I don't think it's even so much as a built-in module. It seems like it's just built-in. Can't find it under Ansible.Builtin Plugin Index. It's just under Playbook Advanced Features.
Until we can implement our new HEAT SM system i am needing to create some workflows to ease our currently manual user administration processes.
I intend to use Powershell to execute the actual tasks but need to use VBS to send an argument to PS from an app.
My main question on this project is, Can an argument be sent to an already running Powershell process?
Example:
We have a PS menu app that we will launch in the AM and leave running all day.
I would love for there to be a way to allow PS to listen for commands/args and take action on them as they come in.
The reason I am wanting to do it this way is because one of the tasks needs to disable exchange features and the script will need to establish a connection a remote PSsession which, in our environment, can take between 10-45 seconds. If i were to invoke the command directly from HEAT (call-logging software) it would lock up while also preventing the tech from moving on to another case until the script terminates.
I have searched all over for similar functionality but i fear that this is not possible with PS.
Any suggestions?
I had already setup a script to follow this recommendation but i was curious to see if there was a more seamless approach
As suggested by one of the comments by #Tony Hinkle
I would have the PS script watch for a file, and then have the VBScript script create a file with the arguments. You would either need to start it on another thread (since the menu is waiting for user input), or just use a separate script that in turn starts another instance of the existing PS script with a param used to specify the needed action
I'm writing a component in Joomla 3 and want to save the database periodically (eg after a user updates something). I'd like to therefore run mysqldump using shell_exec (or similar) but I can't get this to work. I suspect it's a permissions issue, but I'm not sure how to resolve this...
Any ideas appreciated.
Your little question inspired us to write a post on how to run SSH commands from Joomla. You can find it here: http://www.itoctopus.com/how-we-ran-an-ssh-command-from-joomla
The post is how we created a secure script that will unblock blocked IPs in CSF - but, the nice thing about it, it provides very clear instructions on how to run ssh commands from a Joomla extension (which is what you essentially need).
I really hope you enjoy this post and that it works for you. If it doesn't, then please provide feedback and we can help!