Thanks for your replies, I have checked the permission on the key folder. It has chmod 700.

Here is the cron job that runs the code:

Code:

01 17 * * * /etc/cron.daily/Transfer.sh 2>&1 | etc/cron.daily/TimeStamp.sh >> /home/usert/Transferlogfile.log

Here is the full script:

Code:

#!/bin/bash -x
sftp -P 22 -oIdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_rsa/sftp -v username@192.168.17.181<<EOF
cd ../../
put ftpusers/TransferFolder/ftp/data/*
echo "File transfer has been completed"
bye
EOF

Using the same sftp line from my script connects to the server because debug shows the key verification process and says connected.
Basically, I need a script that will send any file with the .csv extension that is in the data folder, to the server each day at just after 5.

I also have another script which you can see referenced in the cronjob which is to create a log file with the date of transfer and file name sent, here that is:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
while read x; do
    echo -n `date +%d/%m/%Y\ %H:%M:%S`;
    echo -n " ";
    echo $x;
done

The path ftpusers/TransferFolder/ftp/data/ is 2 folder levels below my users home path, e.g ~/. So I need to ../../ to then go to my ftpusers/TransferFolder/ftp/data/ ,path. will this affect the process?

Again, thank you for your time and answers

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