Summary:	ASTERISK-10761: Error while launching /etc/init.d/asterisk start in non-bash shell
Reporter:	Przemek Rozycki (prozycki)	Labels:
Date Opened:	2007-11-14 06:29:41.000-0600	Date Closed:	2007-11-14 10:05:49.000-0600
Priority:	Minor	Regression?	No
Status:	Closed/Complete	Components:	Core/General
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Description:	Sript /etc/init.d/asterisk seems not to be compatibile whith non-bash, but POSIX-compatibile shell. While trying to run /etc/init.d/asterisk start I receive an error message: /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: 161: Syntax error: Bad fd number and Asterisk does not start. ****** ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ****** OS: Ubuntu Server 7.10 i386 /bin/sh is linked to /bin/dash Exact result of the execution: przemek@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/asterisk start Starting Asterisk PBX: 1024 /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: 161: Syntax error: Bad fd number asterisk. After a short investigation I detected that in my system (Ubuntu Server 7.10 i386) /bin/sh points to /bin/dash shell. Changing the first line of the safe_asterisk script from '#!/bin/sh' to '#!/bin/bash' resolved the problem. Probably, more reliable solution would be changing the link /bin/sh from /bin/dash to /bin/bash, because more asterisk scripts, that I didn't use yet might be dependant of bash extensions, but we never know if anything else in Ubuntu is dependant of dash.
Comments:	By: Tilghman Lesher (tilghman) 2007-11-14 09:42:41.000-0600 Nothing is ever dependent on dash.  In fact, you can do: apt-get remove dash and the problem will be nicely solved for you.