12-10-2004
Expect script on crontab
Hi All,
I have an expect script called sftp to transfer using SFTP below :
[root@prod:/root]
# more sftp
#!/usr/local/bin/expect
# Initialisation
set authFile "/home/ap1030/transfer/.password"
# Check the authorisation file exists
if {![file exists $authFile]} { ;# Does file exist
send_user "$authFile does not exist; aborting\n"
exit 1
}
set fileFD [open $authFile r] ;# Open the auth file
gets $fileFD authLine ;# Read in 1 line to authLine
close $fileFD
# Transfer file(s)
spawn /opt/openssh/bin/sftp -b /home/ap1030/transfer/batchFile importve@
www.importve.com
expect "password:"
send "$authLine\n";
interact
When I run this script manually from command line, it was running fine. But when I put on crontab, it was NOT working. I believe this is related to "interact" command on the last line. It always get stuck after password. How can I overcome this problem? Pls help.
Below is my crontab entry and the log file. Pls help.
05 15 * * * /usr/local/bin/expect -f /home/ap1030/transfer/sftp > /tmp/sftp 2>1&
[importve@sihp8026:/home/ap1030/transfer]
$ more /tmp/sftp
spawn /opt/openssh/bin/sftp -b /home/ap1030/transfer/batchFile importve@
www.importve.com
Connecting to
www.importve.com...
importve@
www.importve.com's password:
Thanks and Best Regards,
Dewa
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sftp-server
sftp-server(1M) System Administration Commands sftp-server(1M)
NAME
sftp-server - SFTP server subsystem
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server [-f log_facility] [-l log_level]
DESCRIPTION
sftp-server implements the server side of the SSH File Transfer Protocol as defined in the IETF draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer.
sftp-server is a subsystem for sshd(1M) and must not be run directly. Command-line flags to sftp-server should be specified in the Subsys-
tem declaration. See sshd_config(4) for more information.
To enable the sftp-server subsystem for sshd add the following to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server
See sshd_config(4) for a description of the format and contents of that file.
There is no relationship between the protocol used by sftp-server and the FTP protocol (RFC 959) provided by in.ftpd.
OPTIONS
Valid options are listed below. As stated above, these are to be specified in the Subsystem declation of sshd_config.
-f log_facility
Specifies the facility code that is used when logging messages from sftp-server. The possible values are: DAEMON, USER, AUTH, LOCAL0,
LOCAL1, LOCAL2, LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6, LOCAL7. The default is AUTH.
-l log_level
Specifies which messages will be logged by sftp-server. The possible values are: QUIET, FATAL, ERROR, INFO, VERBOSE, DEBUG, DEBUG1,
DEBUG2, and DEBUG3. INFO and VERBOSE log transactions that sftp-server performs on behalf of the client. DEBUG and DEBUG1 are equiva-
lent. DEBUG2 and DEBUG3 each specify higher levels of debugging output. The default is ERROR.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
FILES
/usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server Server-side binary.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWsshdu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(1M), sshd_config(4), attributes(5)
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