scp in a crontab

[ilovelinux2006]

Hey everyone,

I got my server to run ssh with an rsa key, so I don't need to use a password when ssh'ing between servers. Anways, i created a bash script:

#!/bin/bash

scp file username@theserver.com:/home/user



Ok, when I bash this in the shell, It works fine 100% and exports to the other server. But when I run it with crontab to run everyone minute, it doesn't work. Does anyone know why?

 

[SamBones]

Check your mail.

If you haven't redirected output to a log file in the crontab, the output of the command will me mailed to you. That should have any pertinent error messages.

 

[columb]

This question comes round at about three month intervals, indeed it is asked so frequently it's in the FAQs. Whilst the problem might be SSH/SCP specific I'm pretty sure it's the same old, same old.
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