Shell Permission denied

[lehen...@gmail.com]

Hey there,

when i try to execute

echo Hello

i get:

2015-10-21 14:40:14.201 INFO 31@1: Flow beginning

2015-10-21 14:40:14.202 INFO 31@7: Shell command

2015-10-21 14:40:14.230 FAIL 31@7: java.io.IOException: Permission denied

2015-10-21 14:40:14.237 INFO 31@7: Stopped by failure 

But if i execute the command in Terminal Emulator it works just fine.

What am i doing wrong?

I tried the alpha and the stable version same results.

I am on a LG G4 with android 5.1

Thanks in advance

[Automate developer]

Try installing the Storage permission:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.llamalab.automate.ext.storage

[Michi Lehenauer]

Already got that installed..

[Automate developer]

What command are you trying to execute?
Have you changed the "working directory"?

A shell can't write to a removable "SD card".

On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7:42:17 PM UTC+2, Michi Lehenauer wrote:

Already got that installed..

[Michi Lehenauer]

Just a simple echo.
Wanted to do more but its wierd that its not working.
What should i change the workind dirctory to? Didn't change it until now.

[Automate developer]

Automate will to use the "external storage" as the default working directory for the shell process.
Maybe the system property for it isn't found correctly, as the "working directory" try:

/sdcard

or

/mnt/sdcard

On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7:49:48 PM UTC+2, Michi Lehenauer wrote:

Just a simple echo.
Wanted to do more but its wierd that its not working.
What should i change the workind dirctory to? Didn't change it until now.

[Automate developer]

Hmm, i'am able to reproduce the security failure in Android 5.1.
Changing the working directory doesn't work.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7:49:48 PM UTC+2, Michi Lehenauer wrote:

Just a simple echo.
Wanted to do more but its wierd that its not working.
What should i change the workind dirctory to? Didn't change it until now.

[Michi Lehenauer]

Both not working..
It works with root but i would like to avoid that..

[Automate developer]

No root should net be needed. I'll find a fix.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 8:12:28 PM UTC+2, Michi Lehenauer wrote:

Both not working..
It works with root but i would like to avoid that..

[Automate developer]

Try another command like:

ls

That seems to work okay. echo isn't really an executable, it's a bash/sh command.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 8:12:28 PM UTC+2, Michi Lehenauer wrote:

Both not working..
It works with root but i would like to avoid that..

[Michi Lehenauer]

Ah okay.
I found a solution that works for me:
Execute a script with a shebang and not the command directly (:
Thanks for looking into it (:

[Michi Lehenauer]

just another quick question:

how is the shell implementatin different to tasker? it seems that on tasker i can do way more stuff like

[Automate developer]

I don't know. But it may be because Tasker run the command in an actual interactive shell, i.e. sh, bash, etc..
Automate only does that for a the "Shell command superuser" block using "su", since that's the only thing "root apps" provide.
For the regular "Shell commmand" block Automate just start a new process for the command, i.e "exec".

On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 11:21:23 AM UTC+2, Michi Lehenauer wrote:

just another quick question:

how is the shell implementatin different to tasker? it seems that on tasker i can do way more stuff like