Rsync to Network Share works from cmd but fails from Scheduled Task

[raf]

Hi Leon,

No worries. I'm glad you managed to get something working.

cheers,
raf

Leon Vanderploeg wrote:

>   Hi raf,
> 
> I was not aware the network maps were "user experience".  Thanks for
> your tips.  I have tried everything I can come up with, but cannot get it
> to work.  I figured out another solution, but thank you very much for your
> help.
> 
> Best,
> Leon
> 
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 9:23 PM raf via rsync <rsync at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> > Leon Vanderploeg via rsync wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I have written a C program that runs on Windows servers and does overhead
> > > and reporting for backup administration.  The program calls rsync for the
> > > actual data copy function.  It copies data from a remote system to a
> > local
> > > drive and that works fine.  However, I have recently made changes to copy
> > > the data to a mapped drive on a NAS device instead of the local drive.
> > >
> > > The changes work fine when run from a command line, but fail when run
> > from
> > > a scheduled task or cron job:
> > >     rsync: mkdir "/cygdrive/q/restores" failed: No such file or directory
> > > (2)
> > >     rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675)
> > [Receiver=3.1.2]
> > > Note:  The folder already exists and permissions are open for
> > Administrator.
> > >
> > > Command line that works is bash command to call the C program under
> > > Administrator login.
> > > Scheduled task built as Administrator with or without highest privileges
> > > fails.
> > > Tried Cron entry built under Administrator and it fails.
> > >
> > > Here is the Rsync command (abbreviated) called by the C program:
> > > rsync  -rltgoD --chmod=Du+w,u+r,u+x -e "ssh -p 33222 -i
> > > \"/cygdrive/c/Users/administrator/.ssh/id_rsa\"" --stats
> > --files-from=/...
> > > -vv --exclude-from=/.... <usr>@remote:/<remote_loc>  /cygdrive/q/restores
> > >
> > > Note: q is the mapped drive to the NAS share.
> > >
> > > So, what can be done to track this down?  Why would running as a
> > scheduled
> > > task or cron job fail when command line works?  I am willing to do any
> > kind
> > > of tracing if someone can provide directions on how to do that.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Leon
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think the most likely reason is that when you execute
> > the command interactively, you are logged into Windows
> > locally and your cached credentials are used to connect
> > to the mapped drive. But that's not the case when the
> > task is scheduled, and so the mapped drive isn't mapped
> > when the scheduled task is attempted.
> >
> > Similarly, with Cygwin, you can only see
> > /cygdrive/q/... while you are accessing it locally. If
> > you ssh to a Windows host with Cygwin and sshd running,
> > you can't see any mapped drives that are accessible to
> > the local user, even if you ssh in as the same user.
> >
> > You will have to map the drive in the scheduled task
> > before invoking rsync, and then unmap the drive
> > afterwards. I don't know how to do that or handle the
> > credentials that would be needed, but I think that's
> > where to look.
> >
> > cheers,
> > raf
> >
> >
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