Of course, a simpler alternative to setting up 'ssmtp' with cron would be to write your cron job to redirect the output of 'ssh -v ...' to a file.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Harig, Mark A. > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Can cron run ssh commands? > > > > Try adding '-v' to your ssh command in your cron job. > This assumes that you have cron's integration with > email working. If you don't have the 'ssmtp' package > installed (via setup.exe), then you'll want to do that > so that any output is emailed to you. > > See: /usr/doc/Cygwin/ > cron.README > ssmtp-<version>.README > > Of course, you should probably start with a simpler > cron job, say, the output of '/usr/bin/env' so that > you can see what cron thinks its environment is. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nathan Barham [mailto:nathan@;sleepygeek.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:09 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Can cron run ssh commands? > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm trying to use Cygwin to rsync between an NT 4 server and > > a Win2K server, > > using the "-e ssh" option to rsync. It works beautifully at > > the command line > > like this: > > > > rsync -e ssh -trzv --delete /d/winapps/ > Administrator@baby:/c/winapps > > > > My problem is that this won't work from cron, nor will any of > > the other Openssh > > tools (scp, ssh etc). I have Cygwin sshd running as > > Administrator on the remote > > W2K box, i.e.*without* privsep. I have Cygwin cron running > > as SYSTEM on the > > local NT 4 box. I've tested cron and it works except for ssh > > stuff. I also > > have ssh-agent loaded on the local box (via keychain), and I > > can ssh to the > > remote box as Administrator without typing a passphrase. > > > > I'm pretty sure my problem is related to permissions of the > > SYSTEM user and/or > > the switching of user context, but I can't figure out what to > > change. I've read > > the user guide and FAQ, googled, and searched the mail > > archives, but if it's > > there I'm missing it. Has anyone out there managed to > > automate ssh commands > > from cron? If so can you please enlighten me, or at least > > kick me in the > > direction of self-enlightment? > > > > cygcheck stuff for each machine is attached. > > > > Thanks tons for any help. > > > > Nathan Barham > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/