Try this ... On your script ... /usr/bin/rsync -avzh -e "ssh -i /home/user/.ssh/auth-key" chloe at remotehost:/var/www/html /backup/html Gabe On 9/3/09 4:06 PM, "chloe K" <chloekcy2000 at yahoo.ca> 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 > > > > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! > Answers. <http://ca.answers.yahoo.com> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090903/c3506050/attachment-0005.html>