Need some help with exec and CAT

[Dim (Angelos)]

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How to solve Exec binding problems

One of the most common problems I help people with on this forum is dealing with the Exec binding. So I’m writing this post so I can reference it later. Background When openHAB is installed in the automated way (i.e. via apt-get) an openhab user is created and the service runs under that user. The openhab user has the following attributes: no shell so one cannot log in or su to this user limited rights not a member of sudoers has a home directory in /var/lib/openhab (or /var/lib/openhab2) has…