Yup, I did use root, but I still had a typo after root, so it could not find the user name. Thanks, *looking very sheepish* I don't suppose there is a way to supply the root passwpord on the command line? this would be great, because I could then run this command in the task scheduler Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toni Erdmann" <antonius.erdmann@siemens.com> To: <psyche-list@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:40 PM Subject: Re: network backups with tar > Ryan McDougall wrote: > > <snip> > > > >>BTW, when I run the command > >> > >># tar cvzf - /tmp/testdir | ssh user@209.212.123.157 'cat > ~/backup.tgz' > ^^^^ > > replace 'user' by 'root' and use root's password of 209.212.123.157 > (just to be sure that we mean the same thing) > > >> > >>It asks me for a password, and when I type the correct root password in, ( I > >>logged into the 'sending' > >>server as root ) , it tells me "Permission denied, please try again". > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
