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On 23 Jul 2002, "Kar, Gouri X. -ND" <Gouri.X.Kar.-ND@disney.com>
wrote:> Hi guys, I am trying to schdule a script which makes call to RSYNC over
SSH.
> The same script works fine on the command prompt and sucessfully transfer
> the file from source to destination system with SSH.
>
> However, executing the script from CRONJOB doesn't work. It comes up
with
> following error message
>
> From: daemon
> To: db2log
>
> You have no controlling tty and no DISPLAY. Cannot read passphrase.
> You have no controlling tty and no DISPLAY. Cannot read passphrase.
> warning: Authentication failed.
> Disconnected; authentication cancelled by user (Authentication cancelled by
> user.).
> unexpected EOF in read_timeout
The problem is that ssh, as it says, cannot read the passphrase to
unlock your ssh key.
If you want to do ssh from a cron job, you must have a key with no
passphrase. You can remove a passphrase from an existing key using
"ssh-keygen -p" (see the manual). You should probably make sure that
the key is authorized only for the accounts necessary to make the
backup.
--
Martin
