$quoted_author = "Kazik Malenczak" ; > > I have a script to backup a VMWare virtual machine which when run manually > on the box by root runs OK, but when run by cron...well, it doesn't.
it's probably a path issue. log the cron output somewhere and check the error. > Could someone please tell me why it may not be working. Why does it say > about an ssh session opening? I think it may be a pam issue but my skills > are a bit patchy with how cron,pam and ssh all work together. scp uses ssh which is using pam for authentication. cheers marty -- "its a mailing list... its only slightly better than a web forum. the main improvement is that no one has anime-p0rn avatars. Dean" [1] [1] - http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2005/12/msg00309.html` -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
