The alternative would be to enable ssh for root for those particular cron jobs <make sure the sshd_config is edited to disable this mischeif after the job has run> and send and recieve as root on both ends, and set the proper rsync switch to retain onwers/perms .
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
Sayan wrote:
Hi,
I am currently setting up a backup script for the /home directory of a server. I send all the files on a remote machine through LAN connection using rsync to optimize bandwidth usage.
The script is run as root on the server by a cron job but rsync connects to the remote machine as a normal user via an ssh key certificate. This leads to many "permission denied" errors, as the server side can read files (as root), but cannot create them on the receiving side.
rsync -azSHe ssh --delete --numeric-ids /home [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/backup/
Is there an option to ignore only such errors? I have read the man page over and over but i could not find anything to suit my needs.
thanks
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