# Can't run from cron on Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 23, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/cant-run-from-cron-on-mac/207 "2020-11-23T00:57:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/amir/32/63_2.png) [@Amir](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/cant-run-from-cron-on-mac/207/1 "2020-11-23T00:57:08Z")
Hi, I’m having issues with running kopia from cron. It works fine if I use it from the CLI normally, but I’m getting this error from cron logs: _Enter password to open repository: stty: stdin isn’t a terminal_ _stty: stdin isn’t a terminal_ _kopia: error: open repository: get password: can’t get password, try --help_ Source code of my cron: ``` PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin 0 11 * * 1-5 $HOME/bin/backup.sh >>/tmp/backup.log 2>&1 ``` Source code of my backup script: ``` #!/usr/bin/env bash cd "$HOME" kopia snap create .dotfiles ``` ---
**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/cant-run-from-cron-on-mac/207/2 "2020-11-23T14:40:25Z")
You can try reconnecting to repository using —no-keychain parameter. This will store the password in a file instead of keychain. Let me know if that works. I suspect keychain is not available on cron because it requires login password to unlock. ---
**Author:** ![Amir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/amir/32/63_2.png) [@Amir](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Amir)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/cant-run-from-cron-on-mac/207/3 "2021-05-31T03:21:37Z")
Sorry for the late reply @jkowalski, I never ended up getting back to this till now. I’ve just tried now on Kopia 0.8.4, and I’m getting the error "unknown long flag “–no-keychain”. Command used is below: `kopia repo connect filesystem --path "PATH" --no-keychain` Should I try the “–persist-credentials” flag instead? ---
**Author:** ![martinpk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@martinpk](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/martinpk)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/cant-run-from-cron-on-mac/207/4 "2023-06-27T14:16:05Z")
I believe the correct name for the long flag is `--no-use-keychain`.