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MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

shazwanpacat — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:23:36 GMT

Hi,

Right now I'm working with MDS R77.10 and in the middle of creating mini script (pushpolicy.sh) to automate install policy via cli as per below example. (Currently not pushing via GUI because of timeout issue)

#!/bin/bash mdsenv 172.16.1.1 fwm load POLICY_10082020 FW_CLUSTER0001

and then chmod the script as well.

chmod +x pushpolicy.sh

But when I execute the script, below error will come up.

[Expert@firewallmds01]#./pushpolicy.sh ./pushpolicy.sh: line 3: mdsenv: command not found [Expert@firewallmds01]#

From my reading, it may related to environment PATH, but still can't figure it out.

How can I overcome this issue? Or any better way to automate this process?

I just want to make this process easier to use by anyone in my team regardless of their linux knowledge.

Re: MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

_Val_ — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:03:09 GMT

why not putting the absolute path? or, alternatively, use "# !/bin/sh" at the beginning 🙂

Re: MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

Danny — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:09:38 GMT

Just add

source /etc/profile.d/CP.sh;‍‍

right after your #!/bin/bash header.

Re: MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

shazwanpacat — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:15:59 GMT

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Sorry but I'm still not familiar with mds cli environment. for this case, what is the absolute path for 'mdsenv <domain ip>'?

Tried the "# !/bin/sh" but no luck.

Re: MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

shazwanpacat — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:16:40 GMT

This one works!

Thanks sir!

Re: MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

shazwanpacat — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:56:46 GMT

Thanks Danny.

It works perfectly!

Re: MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

_Val_ — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 05:57:44 GMT

mdsenv is under $MDSDIR/bin/, which can be resolved to different actual paths, depending on the version.

Re: MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

_Val_ — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 05:58:36 GMT

Good catch, @Danny, did not think of that 🙄

Re: MDSENV command not found via shell script but works on terminal

Hugo_vd_Kooij — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:46:49 GMT

Absolute paths are always a bad thing.

I had to cleanup too many messes because someone did put in a hard path that failed after an upgrade.