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      fr0t
      last edited by

      [2.3.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: ls -la s*

      -rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  82448 Sep 29  2009 sendEmail.pl

      [2.3.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: ./sendEmail.pl

      ./sendEmail.pl: Command not found.

      ============================================

      [2.3.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: mv sendEmail.pl /usr/local/bin/sendEmail

      [2.3.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: sudo sendEmail

      sudo: unable to execute /usr/local/bin/sendEmail: No such file or directory

      ============================================

      WTF?

      Regards
      fr0t

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        First, a word of caution: Don't copy and run scripts on your firewall from untrusted sources. Or just don't do it at all. It's a firewall, anything added in that way is a security concern.

        Now that the disclaimer is out of the way:
        The error you see means whatever interpreter it has in the shabang line (#!) at the top of the script does not exist. In that case, it's probably pointing to the wrong path for perl (usually this happens when someone copies a Linux-specific script to FreeBSD…). Edit the file and fix the path to point to the correct interpreter.

        That or the file has non-UNIX line terminators

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          fr0t
          last edited by

          Thanks for explaining,

          First: I wouldn't use 3 party scripts if pfSense would have the facility what I am looking for. Basically I am emailing config every hour using crone just for backup purpose in case HDD fail or something else.

          Second: Thanks for solution, correcting path to perl fixed the problem. I was in rush last night and my head was not functioning as supposed.

          Regards
          fr0t

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            Sending your config via e-mail is highly insecure and a questionable practice. There are much better ways to accomplish regular backups:

            https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/AutoConfigBackup

            or

            https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Remote_Config_Backup

            But that's a topic for new different thread.

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