Hi Kai, I have installed openssh-server and openssh-clients on the control machine using yum. And still getting the error: | FAILED => to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program
Regards, Mona G On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 5:36:45 PM UTC+5:30, Kai Stian Olstad wrote: > > On 07.10.2016 12:21, Mona Gopal wrote: > > On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 4:10:07 PM UTC+5:30, Kai Stian Olstad > > wrote: > >> > >> On 03.10.2016 12:28, Mona Gopal wrote: > >> > I am facing a similar issue. > >> > I have non-root access to a server to which i am able to connect > >> > manually. > >> > But ansible throws "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, > >> > you > >> > must install the sshpass program" error when i execute the playbook. > >> > My hosts file contains the ip address and credentials to login to > that > >> > server in the below format > >> > ip ansible_ssh_user="non-root-user" ansible_ssh_pass="password" > >> > > >> > Is it necessary to install sshpass on the remote node as well?? > >> > I do not have root access, so how do i go about it? > >> > >> Not on the remote node, but you need sshpass on your Ansible control > >> machine. > >> > > > > I have installed openssh-server and openssh-clients on the control > > machine > > and the error still persists. > > Any other way forward?? > > Did you install the package "sshpass" on the control machine? > (Non-interactive ssh password authentication). > Ansible doesn't require openssh-server on the control machine, but when > you are using ssh with password the program "sshpass" is needed on the > control machine since ssh doesn’t provide this functionality itself. > > -- > Kai Stian Olstad > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/4c412afa-ae14-4931-b602-332d517e92fa%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
