Cron error after upgrade to version 16

FreePBX Installation / Upgrade
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Hi,

After an upgrade from version 15 to 16, some cron errors are generated at midnight:

Cron asterisk@pbx [ -e /usr/sbin/fwconsole ] && sleep $((RANDOM%30)) && /usr/sbin/fwconsole job --run --quiet 2>&1 > /dev/null

sh: ifconfig: command not found

NB: no error during the upgrade process

Any help is welcome.
André

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What OS?

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Linux-3.10.0-1127.19.1.el7.x86_64-x86_64-with-centos-7.8-Source

V15 installed with the Freepbx distro.

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If it is Distro then it came with ifconfig.

Here is the kernel version info:

Linux 3.10.0-1127.19.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 25 17:23:54 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

So yours “with-centos-7.8-Source” is different – not Distro.

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100% installed from distro 2 years ago and indeed ifconfig is installed.

But error during the run under cron…

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which ifconfig
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[root@pbx /]# which ifconfig
/usr/sbin/ifconfig
[root@pbx /]# uname -a
Linux pbx.xxx 3.10.0-1127.19.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 25 17:23:54 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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su asterisk  -c 'echo $PATH'
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[root@pbx /]# ll /usr/sbin/ifconfig
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 81976 Aug 9 2019 /usr/sbin/ifconfig
[root@pbx /]# su asterisk -c ‘echo $PATH’
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

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I have a Distro 16 system that was upgraded last weekend that is doing this. I have not done any troubleshooting yet as everything else seems working

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Running fwconsole job --run at the command line should reveal the offender.

Doing a grep of the FreePBX code shows a number of places where ifconfig is used.

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[asterisk@pbx /]$ fwconsole job --run
Running pagingpro::scheduler…Done
Running calendar::sync…Starting Calendar Sync…
Finished
Done
Running qxact_reports::sync…Done
Running dashboard::scheduler…Done
Running timeconditions::schedtc…==Working with TimeCondition:Business hours==
INVERTED BLF: false (NOT_INUSE = NOT_INUSE & INUSE = INUSE)
OVERRIDE MODE: not set
TIME MATCHED: True (NOT_INUSE)
BLF MODE: True (NOT_INUSE)
Privilege: Command
Changing TC1 to NOT_INUSE

Done
Running userman::syncall…Directory ‘PBX Internal Directory’ does not support syncing
Directory ‘HPMS’ does not support syncing
Done
Running pms::wu_alert…Done

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Freepbx 16 running now for 10 days.

Still the daily error message but everything else seems working perfectly

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“ifconfig” error is coming due to using 3rd party library. Ref - [FREEPBX-22970] FreePBX 16 > sh: ifconfig: command not found - Sangoma Issue Tracker

A github pr i.e. add option to be able to specify the ipconfig path. by vsc55 · Pull Request #3 · BlakeGardner/php-mac-address · GitHub is up to fix this issue in that 3rd party lib so waiting for that to get merge so we can pull the latest code.

thanks.

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same issue after upgrade to v16 . this should fix

cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s /usr/sbin/ifconfig

the cronjob occurs around midnight. this shows it s/b fixed. time will tell:

su asterisk  -c ifconfig

Edit: cronjob still has the issue.

Subject: Cron <asterisk@freepbx-16> [ -e /usr/sbin/fwconsole ] && sleep $((RANDOM%30)) && /usr/sbin/fwconsole job --run --quiet 2>&1 > /dev/null

sh: ifconfig: command not found

so need to fix PATH in the crontab used for the job

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A new version of sysadmin module i.e. v16.0.6.4 has been pushed to EDGE with this issue fix.

Refer to - [FREEPBX-22970] FreePBX 16 > sh: ifconfig: command not found - Sangoma Issue Tracker

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Good that a new version is on the way.
in the mean adding PATH line solves the issue:

# crontab -l -u asterisk 
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin