Index: asterisk.c
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RCS file: /usr/cvsroot/asterisk/asterisk.c,v
retrieving revision 1.172
diff -u -r1.172 asterisk.c
--- asterisk.c	26 Jul 2005 16:29:55 -0000	1.172
+++ asterisk.c	28 Jul 2005 05:16:37 -0000
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 int option_dontwarn = 0;
 int option_priority_jumping = 1;
 int fully_booted = 0;
+int option_disablebang = 0;	/* To allow the bang (!) in CLI */
 char record_cache_dir[AST_CACHE_DIR_LEN] = AST_TMP_DIR;
 char debug_filename[AST_FILENAME_MAX] = "";
 
@@ -891,7 +892,9 @@
 	if (s) {
 		/* The real handler for bang */
 		if (s[0] == '!') {
-			if (s[1])
+			if ( option_disablebang ) {
+				fprintf(stdout, "Bang(!) has been disabled.\n");
+			} else if (s[1])
 				ast_safe_system(s+1);
 			else
 				ast_safe_system(getenv("SHELL") ? getenv("SHELL") : "/bin/sh");
@@ -911,7 +914,9 @@
 	if (s) {
 		/* The real handler for bang */
 		if (s[0] == '!') {
-			if (s[1])
+			if ( option_disablebang ) {
+				fprintf(stdout, "Bang(!) has been disabled.\n");
+			} else	if (s[1])
 				ast_safe_system(s+1);
 			else
 				ast_safe_system(getenv("SHELL") ? getenv("SHELL") : "/bin/sh");
@@ -1794,6 +1799,9 @@
 			if ((sscanf(v->value, "%d", &option_maxcalls) != 1) || (option_maxcalls < 0)) {
 				option_maxcalls = 0;
 			}
+		/* Checking if we should disabled the bang or not */
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "disablebang")) {
+			option_disablebang = ast_true(v->value);
 		}
 		v = v->next;
 	}