I have a file on a Centos 6.8 server that I want to download to another Centos 6.8 box in a remote location. rsync used to work fine from within a shell script run by cron using ssh and having set up passwordless login on each machine the script runs fine from the command line, but not when run by cron the crontab is owned and operated by root. has something changed in cron? has there been an update? Have looked in all the usual places. any help/suggestions? regards Robert -- *Communication Consultants* 64 Warner Park Avenue Laingholm Auckland 0604 09 8176358 0221693124 06 650 6087