On Wednesday 11 April 2007, Teo Fonrouge wrote: > 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 > Thanks for trying to help, Teo. In fact the problem was my own stupidity in forgetting to check carefully that I had removed the keychain line - the script was based on one that did copy from boxB to boxA, whereas in this case it was from boxA/diskA to boxA/diskB. It's amazing how long it can take to uncover our own stupidities :-) Fortunately, messages like yours and David's prompt me with things to check. Thanks again to both of you. Anne
