{{tag>rsync troubleshooting}}

====== rsync troubleshooting ======
===== SSH agent and rsync =====

Using rsync in crontab of different user than root requires adding additional ENV variables. Example:

  PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
  SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh

  53 14 * * * rsync -aq root@example.com:/root/backups/ /home/user/Documents/backups/
  30 14 * * 1 rsync -aq root@example.org:/root/backup/* /home/user/Documents/backup/

===== Trouble with screen program =====
Add this to //.bashrc// file if there are issues when running rsync in [[https://linux.die.net/man/1/screen|screen]]:

<code bash>
if [[ -z "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]]; then
        export $(gnome-keyring-daemon --start )
fi

if [ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] && [ ! -h "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
    ln -sf "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock
fi
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=~/.ssh/ssh_auth_sock

</code>
====== Tested on ======
  * 

====== See also ======

====== References ======
  * http://serverfault.com/questions/92683/execute-rsync-command-over-ssh-with-an-ssh-agent-via-crontab