I have a private virtual server to which I'm trying backup some directories from local my /home
directory.
I've prepared this script:
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/rsync -rvvv /home/arkadiusz/scripts [email protected]:/home/backup/
/usr/bin/notify-send "Backup complete" "~/scripts -> vps" -i cryptkeeper
In user's crontab I've added entry:
*/1 * * * * /home/arkadiusz/scripts/vps.sh > /home/arkadiusz/cron-vps.log 2> /home/arkadiusz/cron-vps.error.log
After executing the shell script, my scripts
directory doesn't appear in /home/backup/
on the remote server. In cron-vps.log
file I see only this:
opening connection using: ssh -l root XXX.XXX.26.106 rsync --server -vvvre.iLsfx . /home/backup/ (9 args)
[sender] _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=226): about to call exit(255)
In cron-vps.error.log
file turns out that this is an authorization problem:
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied (publickey,password).
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [sender=3.1.1]
I've checked additionally sshd
status on my remote server:
root@vpsXXXXXX:/home/backup# service sshd status
● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2017-04-12 01:04:09 CEST; 12h ago
Main PID: 281 (sshd)
CGroup: /system.slice/ssh.service
└─281 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
...
Apr 12 13:41:01 vpsXXXXXX.ovh.net sshd[5019]: Failed password for root from XXX.XXX.232.122 port 21782 ssh2
Apr 12 13:41:01 vpsXXXXXX.ovh.net sshd[5019]: Failed password for root from XXX.XXX.232.122 port 21782 ssh2
Apr 12 13:41:01 vpsXXXXXX.ovh.net sshd[5019]: Connection closed by XXX.XXX.232.122 port 21782 [preauth]
Based on these logs, it seems to be a problem with authorization, but my SSH connection works when I try to log in to my remote sever with this command:
ssh [email protected]
Also, the rsync
command works in terminal without any passwords:
/usr/bin/rsync -rvvv /home/arkadiusz/scripts [email protected]:/home/backup/
What am I doing wrong?
sudo
on cron fileopening connection using: ssh -l root 5.196.26.106 rsync --server -vvvre.iLsfx . /home/backup/ (9 args)
[sender] _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=226): about to call exit(255)
cron-vps.error.log:grep: /proc//environ: No such file or directory
Host key verification failed.
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [sender=3.1.1]
rsync -v -v -e '/usr/bin/ssh -p YY' ./testfile me@XXXXX:/home
?