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# 1  
Old 11-14-2019
Saltstack commands inside bash scripts don’t work
In a Redhat Linux environment, I could run salt commands on the $ prompt but not inside my bash scripts.

It will say command not found and the $PATH variable is exactly the same outside and inside the script.

Code:
!#/usr/bin/bash

echo running
salt "*" cmd.run ls'
exit

Output:-
Code:
running
salt: command not found

$whereis salt or $which salt returns nothing. For any other commands it will show the exact path/filename. I tried under different shells ie /bin/sh and it's the same result ie salt command not found.
Last edited by vbe; 11-14-2019 at 09:00 AM.. Reason: code tags please
# 2  
Old 11-14-2019
Welcome on board, don't forget to use code tags for your code and data...
When you say
Quote:
$whereis salt or $which salt returns nothing.
your mean terminal/interactive mode?

And, hmm if your path is correct to your bash then
Code:
!#/usr/bin/bash

should be
Code:
#! /usr/bin/bash

# 3  
Old 11-14-2019
That is a typo in this forum. It's (correct) like the below and the salt command doesn't run but the echo running is working fine. I've tried with #!/bin/sh also. The same salt command works fine on the (interactive) shell (command line).
Code:
#!/usr/bin/bash

echo running
salt "*" cmd.run ls'
exit

I cannot find anyone who has used the salt commands inside a shell script. If you do find any, please post it here. Appreciate it.
Last edited by vbe; 11-14-2019 at 10:32 AM.. Reason: code tags please
# 4  
Old 11-14-2019
In other words when you type which salt at your prompt it should return you the path... what is it?

Then if salt works in interactive at your prompt, and you see no path, it might be salt as a command does not exist, which means you have an alias somewhere in your environment...
When you type alias do you see alias salt=' ... somewhere?
Last edited by vbe; 11-14-2019 at 10:47 AM.. Reason: typos
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# 5  
Old 11-14-2019
$ which salt or $ whereis salt returns no salt in /usr/.....

The salt command path is NOT shown (unlike most Unix commands) but you can run salt from the Unix shell. Checked in alias also but found nothing.

Tried running the script with sudo -i and the same results.
# 6  
Old 11-14-2019
Code:
stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$ grep gurdev /etc/passwd
n_gurdev:x:1000:1000:stack:/home/stack:/bin/bash
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$
 
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/stack/.local/bin:/home/stack/bin
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$ ./tst.sh
running
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/stack/.local/bin:/home/stack/bin
./tst.sh: line 5: salt: command not found
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$
 
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$ cat tst.sh
#!/bin/bash
 
echo "running"
echo $PATH
salt '*Compute-1' cmd.run 'sudo virsh list'
 
exit
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$
 
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$ which salt
/usr/bin/which: no salt in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/stack/.local/bin:/home/stack/bin)
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$ whereis salt
salt:[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$
 
 
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$ salt '*Compute-1' cmd.run 'sudo virsh list'
AvrsReadyCompute-1:
     Id    Name                           State
    ----------------------------------------------------
     1     instance-000003a6              running
     3     instance-00000afe              running
     4     instance-0000172d              running
     7     instance-00001472              running
     8     instance-000016b2              running
     10    instance-000003a0              running
[stack@undercloud (stackrc) ~]$

# 7  
Old 11-15-2019
Can you post output of :
Code:
find $HOME -type f -name 'salt' 
ls -dl $HOME/salt

From the whereis output salt is located under /home/stack

This looks like openstack software, which on the undercould home stack user has a environment file stackrc.
Source that file if it exist in your script.

Regards
Peasant.
Last edited by Peasant; 11-15-2019 at 12:05 AM.. Reason: Added additional info..
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