On Wednesday 18 October 2006 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > > This is the script .... > > echo VMSNAP Backup Script > echo _____________________________________________ > rm -f /vmimages/localbackup/###-###-REP1/* > rm -f /vmimages/localbackup/###-###-VDB1/* > echo Old images erased, new backup started > date > /usr/sbin/vmsnap_all > echo Backup complete, copy started > date > scp -r /vmimages/localbackup/* 192.168.0.1:/vmimages/from_vm1 > echo Copy complete, script exiting > date > > > > /var/log/messages shows > > Oct 15 16:30:05 RKI-SYD-VM1 sshd(pam_unix)[5470]: session opened for user > root by (uid=0) > Oct 15 16:30:05 RKI-SYD-VM1 sshd(pam_unix)[5470]: session closed for user > root > Oct 15 16:30:12 RKI-SYD-VM1 sshd(pam_unix)[5533]: session opened for user > root by (uid=0) > Oct 15 16:30:12 RKI-SYD-VM1 sshd(pam_unix)[5533]: session closed for user > root > Oct 15 16:30:17 RKI-SYD-VM1 sshd(pam_unix)[5549]: session opened for user > root by (uid=0) > > The script is set to run at 4:30pm > > /var/log/cron shows it starting ... > > Oct 17 16:30:00 RKI-SYD-VM1 CROND[16132]: (root) CMD (/root/vm1_snap.sh > #Daily vmsnap backup script) > > There is nothing in /etc/pam.d/cron > > > 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.
Um how about step by step: Can root on machineA ssh to machineB without password? If NO then on machineA do ssh-keygen -t rsa (as root) copy id_rsa.pub to .ssh/authorized_keys (sic) on machineB (also using ~root) Now you ought to be able to ssh to machineB without password Now the backup should run James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html