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Old 04-20-2010
perl script to send an email executing with errors
Hello , i am using RHEL5 , i have got a perl script that executes and sends an email correctly if i run it with ./sendemail.sh command. This is the script below

Code:
#! /usr/bin/perl
use Net::SMTP;
print "starting email send .";
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new("192.168.0.1");
$smtp->mail("c.baranga\@cit.mak.ac.ug");
$smtp->to("a.agaba\@cit.mak.ac.ug");
$smtp->data;
$smtp->datasend("Subject: Remote Server Login Attempt");
$smtp->datasend("\n");
$smtp->datasend("Check your secure.Log now ..");
$smtp->dataend;
$mssg = $smtp->quit;
print "$mssg";
print "finished, email sent ";



what i want it to achive is , for every remote login attempt on the server, it should be triggered .. so i put it in /etc/profile.d/ and , it is being triggered , but with errors , below is the error it shows

Code:
-bash: use: command not found
-bash: print: command not found
-bash: /etc/profile.d/sendemail.sh: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /etc/profile.d/sendemail.sh: line 4: `$smtp = Net::SMTP->new("192.168.0.1");'

when i execute it directly alone it works with no errors, but when i try to login remotely, it is successfully triggered but shows errors so it doesnt send the mail eventually.. is there something am doing wrongly ? ...
Last edited by pludi; 04-20-2010 at 05:22 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
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Old 04-20-2010
How do you run the script from command prompt ?

Why is the script extension .sh ? when its a perl script ?
# 3  
Old 04-20-2010
dinjo_jo .
i first make it executable and then in the same folder it is i type ./sendemail.sh , and it runs as expected.
the reason as to why its .sh , is to make it a bash script such that it can be triggered by the system easily ..... what do you think
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