I get the same results when I change it to "password". Thanks, Brad -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Duane Attaway > To: Brad Crotchett > Subject: Re: SCP script > Date: 03 Dec 2002 16:57:18 -0600 > > On 3 Dec 2002, Brad Crotchett wrote: > > > send " scp root@server1:/path_to_file /path_to_file_on_server2r" > > expect "root@server1's password:" > > send "passwordr" > > I'd change the expect line to just "password:" Its possible that the name > may be resolved and displayed differently under cron since cron may be the > owner of that job. >