Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:33:32 -0700 From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tar over ssh crontab - how ? Message-ID: <20011003173330.C84600@rand.tgd.net> In-Reply-To: <20011003192002.E16935@ns2.wananchi.com>; from "wash@wananchi.com" on Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at = 07:20:02PM References: <20011003192002.E16935@ns2.wananchi.com>
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--JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > I have ssh setup btw two hosts for root. I have a simple backup command t= hat I need to run > via a cron entry. > On the command line it runs file but in cron nothing happens absolutely. >=20 > Please help. >=20 > The command is: >=20 > /usr/bin/nice --20 /usr/bin/tar -czf - /etc /usr/local/etc | /usr/bin/ssh= HOSTB \ > '( cd ~wash/Administration/Backups; cat > ns2_`/bin/date +\%Y%m%d`.tgz )' >=20 > The cron entry that doesn't work is: > 18 40 * * * root /home/wash/Administration= /backup-ns2.sh > /var/log/ns2-backup.log 2>&1 >=20 > A real testrun gives.... >=20 > ns2# ./backup-ns2.sh=20 > /usr/bin/tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive. > ns2# >=20 > I really need to either log the output or mail it to myself. >=20 > MTIA Hmm... I've never done this with ssh, but I know you can do this over kerberized rsh (encrypted/secure rsh) if you get a non-expiring ticket. =20 It takes some reading, but ports/security/krb5 is pretty cool. -sc --=20 Sean Chittenden --JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> iEYEARECAAYFAju7rlYACgkQn09c7x7d+q3O0gCfVF0aJlcU7DFiyRe5z3m/3nd5 5AAAn1qJcrmJmaKxtPijauVaYr21e458 =fsTb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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