[Solved] Script can't access network, but ONLY when scheduled

Script can't access network, but ONLY when scheduled

mc510 27 Jul 2017 15:18

I've got a shell script that just runs ffmpeg to save an internet audio stream. If I manually run it from smanager, it works fine. If I schedule it, I get an error from ffmpeg that it can't access the network. I do have WAKE_LOG enabled, but it seems like maybe it is not waking up the network?

I'm using Android Lollipop on rooted Amazon Fire Tablet (XDA Fire Nexus ROM).

Not sure if this is an issue with my script, with SManager, or with my Android ROM.

Re: Script can't access network, but ONLY when scheduled

mc510 29 Jul 2017 16:34

Turns out that the solution is to mark SU in the script configuration so that it runs with root privileges. That seems to have solved the problem. I also fiddled with the choice between "is script" and "is executable" but I don't think that one mattered (and I have no idea what it actually does).

Re: Script can't access network, but ONLY when scheduled

mc510 31 Jul 2017 01:50

A little more fiddling, and I think I've confirmed that I have to do both: mark the script SU to run as root, and select "is executable".