run shell script from perl

kzcom · 09-04-2010, 01:45 AM

i want to run/call shell script from perl, i used this
system( "sh", "script.sh", "--help" );
The 'script.sh' contains IPTables firewall script, but that's not run.
i test 'script.sh' with a simple thing such create a chain only, but it not doing.How to run a shell script from a Perl program?

smoker · 09-04-2010, 03:06 AM

Have you tried using the full paths in the command ?

Code:

system( "/bin/sh", "/path/to/script.sh", "--help");

kzcom · 09-04-2010, 03:50 AM

yes,but didn't change

unSpawn · 09-04-2010, 05:47 AM

Does the script have the owner rights to mess with iptables?

kzcom · 09-04-2010, 07:30 AM

yes, it has them