[CentOS] rsync

Thu Sep 3 20:10:58 UTC 2009
Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com>

chloe K wrote:
> Hi
>  
> I put the rsync in cronjob
> but it won't work
>  
> in root user cron
>  
> */30  * * * *  /home/chloe/rsy.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
>  
> 1/ why it needs pw when I run this rsy.sh in root?
> but if I run it in chloe user, it doesn't need pw as I put 
> authoized_key in remote host chloe
>  
> 2/ why this root cronjob is not working? what wrong? I can't see this 
> cron in message
>  
> the rsy.sh is below
>  
> #! /bin/sh
> rsync -essh -av chloe at remotehost:/var/www/html 
> <mailto:chloe at remotehost:/var/www/html> /backup/html
>  
> Thank you
>
>
Hi Chloe,
As root the rsync has no access to your keys - run this job as yourself 
rather than root.
HTH
Rob
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