ssh bash script No such file or directory

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I am trying to run a script from /var/www/backups/scripts and when i try tell it to zip up a file i get the below error,

I can confirm that /var/www is the home dir and that the scripts work when ran manually though putty but just not though a script.

I'm using the below code to run the zip

#!/bin/bash
unset PATH

#USER VARS

HOMEDIR=~/
BACKUP_TARG_DIR=~/sites/backups/auto
BACKUP_TEMP_NAME=tempBackupFile.tar
BACKUP_TARG_FILE=/var/www/back
DATE=`/bin/date '+%Y-%m-%d'`


echo  `/bin/pwd`;

tar -zcvf test.rar /var/www/backups/scripts/tryThis

#cd /var/www
#scp "tempBackupFile.tar" 217.41.51.14:~/testfile.rar;
#tar -zcvf $BACKUP_TEMP_NAME $BACKUP_TARG_FILE;
echo "SITE-"$DATE;

below is the output i get

/var/www/backups/scripts
./autoBackup.bash: line 18: tar: No such file or directory
SITE-2011-09-05

Any one have any ideas as this is killing me, all I can think of is its something to do with where the bash script is being run from.

Are you running the backup script as the same user when invoking from putty or from another script? — qbert220
– qbert220, Commented Sep 5, 2011 at 12:10

Karoly Horvath · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-05 12:13:49Z

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Why do you unset PATH ?? No wonder bash cannot execute tar.

answered Sep 5, 2011 at 12:13

Karoly Horvath

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Mike Hay Over a year ago

If you unset PATH, you should use the whole complete path to tar when you want to call it.

stephen Cooper Over a year ago

I copied it from a tutorial, this is my first time doing this. I got it working using /bin/tar, but yes, you are correct; removing the unset PATH has worked. Spent hours on this.

Stu · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-29 13:56:49Z

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Check your /etc/ssh/sshd_config to make sure that you don't have a chroot directory set. If you do, you will need to either create a bin directory in the chroot directory and either copy or link the necessary binaries into that directory.

Or you could always comment that line out in the config.

Either way, restart sshd and test.

edited Jan 29, 2013 at 13:56

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answered Jan 29, 2013 at 13:32

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