crontab doesn't start

[Paul Slootman]

On Tue 16 May 2006, sinidr at libero.it wrote:

> ok, then I create the crontab file with crontab -e and this is it:
> 
> * * * * * /bin/scriptx.sh
> 
> (every minute crontab should run...)
> But it doesn't run.....
> if I run this command from the line from the first linux is all ok,it runs(it asks me the password,I enter it,and then is all ok)

Perhaps it wants to ask the password when run from cron also;
but how is it supposed to get an answer?

You need to get ssh running without needing a password / passphrase;
that's an ssh problem.


Paul Slootman