a good cron/scp tutorial

eduac · 08-14-2003, 08:35 AM

Anyone have a good scp into crontab tutorial?

david_ross · 08-14-2003, 12:24 PM

What do you mean by this?
How to use scp in a cron job to transfer files?
If you have a lot of files then try rsync over ssh with passwordless logins.

eduac · 08-14-2003, 12:32 PM

i mean use the scp [source] [login@ip:/path] into the crontab...

rsync ? under in ssh? how can i do this dude?

david_ross · 08-14-2003, 12:40 PM

1st you need to set up passwordless logins:
1) login as USER on the client (where you want to connect from)
2) ssh-keygen -t dsa
(don't suppy a passphrase now - you can do that later once the first bit works)
3) scp /home/USER/.ssh/id_dsa.pub REMOTEHOST:/home/USER/.ssh/authorized_keys2
(you will need to enter your password this one time)
4) ssh REMOTEHOST

Then create a crontab entry that runs the command:

Code:

rsync -e ssh -arz --delete /local/path/ user@other.server:/remote/path/

eduac · 08-29-2003, 10:19 AM

sorry dude, but this guide dont working on