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Old 03-10-2009
Not able to FTP a file with root cron
Hi All,
I am facing a difficulty with root cron.
There is a script which is running in root's cron for every 3 minutes.
I am having a different but i have the access to change the script which is running in root's cron.In the script the output is already going to a file in /tmp.I have just added some lines in the code which will ftp to another server. There also i am putting the file under /tmp of that server.
My problem is when i am manually running that script with my id i am able to ftp but when that script is executing through cron it is not ftping.
Any idea why this is happening?
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Old 03-10-2009
Many systems do not allow root to login via ftp or sftp for security reasons.
-- that would be my first guess as to why there is a problem.

Check with your system admin -- example: /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess is a file that limits usernames that are allowed to connect.
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