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# 8  
Old 08-16-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
You have openssh then, which supports -i. See man sftp.
Nope Smilie
Code:
sftp -b /tmp/server1_transfer.sftp -i /root/.ssh/authorized_keys user@10.99.1.2:


Code:
X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>
sftp: illegal option -- i
usage: sftp [-1Cv] [-B buffer_size] [-b batchfile] [-F ssh_config]
            [-o ssh_option] [-P sftp_server_path] [-R num_requests]
            [-S program] [-s subsystem | sftp_server] host
       sftp [[user@]host[:file [file]]]
       sftp [[user@]host[:dir[/]]]
       sftp -b batchfile [user@]host

# 9  
Old 08-16-2012
Note the current working directory when the script is run manually.
Try making the first line of your script a cd to that directory.
# 10  
Old 08-16-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
Note the current working directory when the script is run manually.
Try making the first line of your script a cd to that directory.
Same result: Smilie
Permission denied (publickey,password).
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer

---------- Post updated at 01:18 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:57 PM ----------

Well, I can use succesfully the REXEC command from crontab, providing USERNAME and PASSWORD.

Now I need to tranfer the file, I tried some methods:
SFTP: Doesn't work from crontab
SCP (OpenSSH): Doesn't work since the destination server is HP OpenVMS and for some reason it can't accept the SCP protocol
Simple FTP: Does't work, since I receive the following error message
Code:
Connected to 10.99.1.2.
220 FTP Server (Version 5.6) Ready.
502 AUTH is unimplemented.
502 AUTH is unimplemented.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type

At this point, Is there any other way to copy this file to remote OpenVMS server?
# 11  
Old 08-16-2012
sftp accept ssh options through the -o option:
Code:
sftp -o IdentityFile=$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa

Does your key have a pass phrase? Maybe you are running ssh-agent. Your interactive shell has the env SSH_AUTH_SOCK set, but not for the cron job.
# 12  
Old 08-17-2012
ftp -vu host # The 'u' disables auto-authentication
passive # I believe vms requires passive mode
Then try the 'user' command
# 13  
Old 08-17-2012
Well, thanks all for hints,
I resolved the issue using NCFTP (ncftp(1) manual page)

It also allow me to setup a timeout when one of the destination server is down (i.e. for maintenance). This avoid the script hangs awaiting for long timeout:
Code:
/usr/local/bin/ncftpput -t $ftp_timeout -r 1 -u $username -p $password $server1 / /tmp/server.log 2> /dev/null

-t = Timeout in seconds
-r = The retry attempts
# 14  
Old 08-18-2012
You do realize this makes your password visible in plaintext to the entire system for the entire duration of the connection, yes!?
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