how to run asterisk command through perl/cgi

sanku has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hi monks, The following code is to execute asterisk commands through perl/cgi, but i am getting the following error for this program.

Error:
Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist
+?) Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl e
+xist?)
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And one more thing is if i am running the same program as perl file the asterisk commands are executing without any error.

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";
print `asterisk -rx "extensions reload"`;
print `asterisk -rx "sip reload"`;
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Can any one help me as soon as possible... Thanks in advance.

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Re: how to run asterisk command through perl/cgi by targetsmart (Curate) on Jul 13, 2009 at 07:34 UTC
IMO the program asterisk is unable to work in the CGI environment compared to normal command line environment. my suggestion for you is print the environment variables inside the cgi program before running the asterisk command and run in both the scenarios to know the difference Vivek -- 'I' am not the body, 'I' am the 'soul', which has no beginning or no end, no attachment or no aversion, nothing to attain or lose.	[reply]
Re: how to run asterisk command through perl/cgi by afoken (Chancellor) on Jul 13, 2009 at 10:57 UTC
This could also be a permission problem. Remember that CGIs usually run under a different, unprivileged user, typically `nobody`, `wwwrun`, or `apache`. `asterisk` complains only that it could not connect (to the unix domain socket / pipe `/var/run/asterisk.ctl`). It does <update>NOT</update> say that `/var/run/asterisk.ctl` does not exist, but it asks you to check that it exists because missing that pipe / socket seems to be a common error. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]
Re^2: how to run asterisk command through perl/cgi by Anonymous Monk on Jul 22, 2009 at 18:38 UTC
I am thinking your asterisk is not running. Try "home/operator# asterisk start", then run your perl script. :-) Iván Carrasco Quiroz.	[reply]