On Wednesday 11 April 2007 07:03:45 Anne Wilson wrote: > I want to use a script to automatically backup some files from one disk to > a second disk on the same box, using rsync. I already have fetchmail > running as myself, and no problems with that, but the new script doesn't > run unattended. If I select 'run now' in kcron it asks me for my password. > When it attempts to run the unattended backup it reports > > Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password). > > How have I managed to screw this up? > Hello Anne, Maybe is just the way you are using rsync. If you want to backup files on the same box ( AND files/directories access granted to a same user ) your syntax can be just like: rsync /FromDirectory /ToDirectory Otherwise, maybe you need to supply user@host syntax like: rsync /FromDirectory anne@host:/ToDirectory rsync anne@host:/FromDirectory /ToDirectory rsync anne@host:/FromDirectory anotheruser@anotherhost:/ToDirectory In any such cases, you need to create a public key and store it in the host that you are trying to reach to get the script running unattended. Hope this helps you best regards > Anne Teo
