Re: scp works on command line, fails in cron

From: Chuck (skilover_nospam_at_softhome.net)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:55:53 -0500

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tonij67@hotmail.com wrote:
| Chuck wrote:
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|>Are you using a ssh-agent, or an encrypted private key?
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| I am not using ssh-agent, but I am using an encrypted private key?
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| Like I said in the original post, the authentication works find when
| run from the command line. It only fails when run in cron, leading me
| to believe that there are no issues with the public/private keys (but
| of course I could be wrong, it would not be the first time!)
|

How are you feeding it the passphrase if you have an encrypted private
key but aren't using ssh-agent? It looks like it's failing to decrypt
the private key.
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