I am having problems with Rsync running between 2 FreeBSD computers. We are trying to use it to backup a directory on the primary server /var/mail (using a pull method). The configuration on the primary server (Polaris) should be ok as it was running rsync previously before our client server was rebuilt. On the client server (Mira) we have installed rsync to the /usr/local/bin directory and have written the following script to run it from the client:
------------- #!/bin/sh export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/etc /usr/local/bin/rsync -e ssh -avzr polaris.scasd.k12.pa.us:/var/mail /var/backup/mail ------------- If I run this script by typing "./rsync.mail.script.sh" everything seems to work as it displays the following: ------------- mira# ./rsync.mail.script.sh receiving file list ... done mail/ mail/agw11 mail/akf12 mail/alg13 mail/avr12 mail/axg12 mail/bab12 mail/bav11 mail/bbh12 mail/bgp11 mail/bls12 ....until the end of the directories... -------------- I placed a file in the /var/mail directory of the primary server called test.hunter.jan7 and it did not copy over with the directories. I am unsure why it did not copy over. However, when I try to run this from cron it does not work. It merely runs (rsync and ssh are active in top) but nothing happens, no files are copied and nothing seems to change. Our cron settings are: -------------- # /var/mail backup 36 11 * * * root /etc/rsync.mail.script.sh -------------- Does anyone have an idea of what we are doing wrong? I get no error messages in verbose mode when running it myself. Help. Thanks, Hunter ---------------------------------- Hunter French Network Systems Specialist Computer Services Department State College Area School District [EMAIL PROTECTED]
