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Lockheed

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Registered: 2010-03-16

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WICD scripts

I am trying to use two different scripts when WICD connects through eth0 and wlan0. This is one of them:

#!/bin/bash
cp /home/juha/.conkyrceth /home/juha/.conkyrc && killall -SIGUSR1 conky

The method of adding a script to /eth/wicd/scripts/ folder was too complicated, but I found a variable "afterscript" in wireless-settings.conf and wired-settings.conf.

I tried changing it to

afterscript = /home/jj/bin/wicd-conky.sh

as well as

afterscript = sh /home/jj/bin/wicd-conky.sh

but they just don't run upon connection. How can I make this work?

jasonwryan

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Re: WICD scripts

According to the documentation, those scripts need to be in a directory that only root can write to:

afterscript = <None|arbitrary_script>
    This defines a script to run after Wicd brings up the connection. The script should be a Bourne-compatible script and should be executable.
    IMPORTANT - scripts should ONLY be writable by root and located in a directory that is only writable by root.

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Lockheed

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Registered: 2010-03-16

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Re: WICD scripts

Yeah, I read that. If you refer to "only in location available to root, then I don't see a reason why would it prevent running it.
You also do not state which of the two methods of configuring the .conf files is correct.

McDoenerKing

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Registered: 2010-06-21

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Re: WICD scripts

@Lockheed
Wicd checks the script folder for the user rights, so that no one could have secretly changed your scripts. It would be a huge security issue, if it wouldn't check before executing.

Lockheed

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Re: WICD scripts

Ok., but how do I call the script it in the conf file? Which way is the correct one?

Last edited by Lockheed (2011-09-28 20:12:29)