Run custom scripts with stock firmware?

[yelo3]

Is it possible to run custom scripts (from USB or /jffs) using the stock firmware? (without merlin firmware)
Thanks

 

[bayern1975]

i asked a same as you but you can not nothing to do with stock firmware....you have to update to merlin firmware for using costum scripts over jffs....

sent from Kodi 17 Krypton

 

[mstombs]

Entware wiki assumes you can get ssh/telnet access and install some scripts from usb, using special nvram vars?

https://github.com/Entware-ng/Entware-ng/wiki/Install-on-Asus-stock-firmware

 

[stinger2k]

with entware installed, then there´s custom script support ???

please complain...

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Edit:

Yes under /opt/etc/init.d/ you can put your own scripts to start services or link in a script another script... thats awesome... ^^

So "IT´S DEFINITLY YOU CAN RUN CUSTOM SCRIPTS ON STOCK FIRMWARE..."
See to link mstombs has posted! thx... mstombs
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[RMerlin]

It depends on what you actually want to do in that script. You won't be able to easily manipulate the firewall rules for instance, as you won't be able to chose at which moment during boot your script will execute.

 

[john9527]

I think this actually takes advantage of some old legacy tomato code that still remains in the USB hotplug routines (was originally designed to send setup strings to USB attached printers).

I played with it at one point and the part of it that identifies what type of device appears to be broken (it only recognizes USB drives), and the only trigger is the USB drive coming up.
The script is entirely stored in nvram, so needs to be relatively short (I didn't try if you could shell out to another script on another location).

 

[kvic]

Once a shell script is run, one can fork off a separate process to run whatever he wants with a stack possibly up to as deep as available RAM. So NVRAM is only needed to store a very tiny script to pull it off, not a limitation of any sort...

There is another way to run custom scripts in stock firmware. Most stock FW comes with a way to install "Download Master". It installs a tiny version of optware (?). Once that's installed, wipe off most junk but leaving the essential startup/shutdown scripts to hook up to run e.g. Entware-ng.

 

[stevebovy]

Is installing and using download master incompatible with installing and using entware-ng ???

 

[RMerlin]

Is installing and using download master incompatible with installing and using entware-ng ???

Yes. Download Master relies on Optware, which would conflict with Entware.