Automatic a couple of tasks

[MobTec]

I've an ASUS RT N66U running ASUSWRT-Merlin and I'd like to automate two tasks:

1. Turning parental controls on/off
2. Turning the OpenVPN client on/off

I've been poking about with SSH and was wondering if this is the way to do this? And if so which commands should I be looking at? Is it pc and pc_block? Are there any guides as to how to do this sort of thing?

Thanks

 

[thelonelycoder]

The way I would do it:
- set all the settings for one task to work and set it to on in WebUI
- save Nvram with
nvram show | sort > /tmp/mnt/<your device>/nvram-on.txt
- turn task off, save nvram again:
nvram show | sort > /tmp/mnt/<your device>/nvram-off.txt
- look at the syslog and note down which service was restarted after the save in WebUI
- compare the two files and make a good guess what relevant setting changed for the on/off setting of task, Notepad++ has a compare function built in.
- write down the nvram setting change
- repeat for other task

Then write scripts to change the nvram settings, one for off, one for on, including the restart of the service.
- test it, if it works, add a cron job for the time you want it on and off
- lean back and enjoy the handy work.

Obviously the most satisfaction comes from doing it all yourself, so good luck, you'll have learned a lot and be proud of what you achieved.