Executing command or script

[fr0t]

[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.

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[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

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WTF?

Regards
fr0t

[jimp]

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

[fr0t]

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

[jimp]

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.