Rsync permission denied using cron server to server over internet
 

I am able to get rsync working, from directory to directory on local computer,
and its even working from server to server if i input the command manually(it asks me for my password)


But using a cron over the internet from server to server, i am getting a permission denied from the cron, in the mail


I noticed when i make a cron and it runs at it's scheduled time, it doesn't ask me for a password and even if it did, i wouldn't be around when the cron runs.

is there a way i can put -pmypassword somewhere in my cron?


This is the command i am using in the cron:



rsync -av --delete -e ssh /mywebsitefiles/ root@89.123.123.123:/backup_of_mywebsitefiles/


where exactly do i put the password inside that cron commanad



thanks!

at first you gave no exact information, so we can only guess. Probably you only mistyped something, or ????
But putting a password (of root) into crontab is not a good idea at all. You ought to configure passwordless login, use different account.
Probably the password contains something strange which may cause a syntax error.
I would try to write a shell script which can be invoked from a terminal and also works from crontab too.
Cron has no terminal and is not able to ask for any password.

You don't. You would invoke the SSH client with an option pointing it to the right key to use for authentication instead of a password.

Again, you should turn off remote root access as soon as possible.