in reply to Perl script in cron

Aren't RSA and DSA keys generally tied to a specific user account (and, in some cases, also a specific hostname)? If you're running out of cron, isn't it possible that you're running as a different user (e.g., root), and that your RSA and DSA keys are not valid for the other user account, only for yours?

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Re^2: Perl script in cron
by bashi (Acolyte) on Dec 19, 2006 at 14:59 UTC
    Well, the script is executed as the root user using roots rsa/dsa keys so I cant see that would be the problem. After turning on debugging for SSH in the script I found out that the passphrase authentication for the keys dont work under batchmode. And here is where I am at the moment, stuck :-) /Roger
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      Net::SSH::Perl always reads passwords and passphrases from the terminal (the tty). Passphrases therefore don't work in batch mode, by design. See Is Net::SSH::Perl broken for login via explicit user/password? for more info.

      --shmem 

      _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
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");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}
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        So, the conclusion is that it does not work to use Net::SSH::Perl in batchmode without feeding the script password and by that giving up on RSA/DSA authentication with keys?
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