Comments on: Cron, SSH, Rsync, and a ssh key with a passphrase (Ubuntu) http://www.codealpha.net/163/cron-ssh-and-rsync-and-key-with-passphrase-ubuntu/ Tips & Tutorials for Linux Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Arnaud Soyez http://www.codealpha.net/163/cron-ssh-and-rsync-and-key-with-passphrase-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Arnaud Soyez Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:14:52 +0000 http://www.codealpha.net/?p=163#comment-97 Emby, My ssh key is unlocked at login time using seahorse, that might be why I don't get these errors, so you might have to do that too. Try: $ ssh yourserver.domain.com it will pop up the password prompt window, from there I think there is a checkbox to tell to unlock this key at login time. Emby,
My ssh key is unlocked at login time using seahorse, that might be why I don't get these errors, so you might have to do that too.
Try:
$ ssh yourserver.domain.com
it will pop up the password prompt window, from there I think there is a checkbox to tell to unlock this key at login time.

]]> By: Emby http://www.codealpha.net/163/cron-ssh-and-rsync-and-key-with-passphrase-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Emby Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:06:42 +0000 http://www.codealpha.net/?p=163#comment-96 I'm trying to get this to work, but my backup.log reads like this: Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied (publickey,password). rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(635) [sender=3.0.3] Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied (publickey,password). lost connection From this I recon that I need to put in the password for the key, but how do I do that for cron? Best regards Emby I'm trying to get this to work, but my backup.log reads like this:

Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied (publickey,password).
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(635) [sender=3.0.3]
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied (publickey,password).
lost connection

From this I recon that I need to put in the password for the key, but how do I do that for cron?

Best regards
Emby

]]> By: Matthias Ehrhard http://www.codealpha.net/163/cron-ssh-and-rsync-and-key-with-passphrase-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Matthias Ehrhard Sun, 03 May 2009 22:58:45 +0000 http://www.codealpha.net/?p=163#comment-81 Have you tried to source in the environment instead? Matthias Have you tried to source in the environment instead?
Matthias

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