# Ansible fails to run any modules from command line **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** rhel\ **Created:** [October 16, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-run-any-modules-from-command-line/13696 "2013-10-16T19:18:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guillem\_Liarte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@Guillem\_Liarte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillem_Liarte)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-run-any-modules-from-command-line/13696/1 "2013-10-16T19:18:36Z")
Using default settings, with one entry for the same host, installation from EPEL, on Centos 6.4, just trying the ping module: ansible all -m ping Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/bin/ansible”, line 157, in (runner, results) = cli.run(options, args) File “/usr/bin/ansible”, line 123, in run diff=options.check File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/runner/ **init**.py”, line 187, in **init** cmd = subprocess.Popen([‘ssh’,‘-o’,‘ControlPersist’], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/subprocess.py”, line 639, in **init** errread, errwrite) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/subprocess.py”, line 1228, in \_execute\_child raise child\_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory This will result in the same error: ansible localhost -a “/bin/echo hello” Python version: python-2.6.6-36.el6.x86\_64 I have two other running ansible deployments (with RHEL 6.4) at work that ran perfectly from first day, I see this type of error for first time. Looking in this group I found similar problems when using external nodes classification or inventory scripts, but this is not the case. Does anybody see what is wrong? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Guillem\_Liarte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@Guillem\_Liarte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillem_Liarte)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-run-any-modules-from-command-line/13696/2 "2013-10-16T19:38:32Z")
Ansible version is 1.3.2 Python verison is 2.6.6 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-run-any-modules-from-command-line/13696/3 "2013-10-16T19:58:12Z")
Please see the other thread about this for replies. ---
**Author:** ![Guillem\_Liarte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@Guillem\_Liarte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillem_Liarte)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-run-any-modules-from-command-line/13696/4 "2013-10-16T20:08:28Z")
All-right thanks. What other post? If you mean the duplicate of this one, I deleted it, as it was a mistake. Or you mean other posts about this that I have not found using the search? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-run-any-modules-from-command-line/13696/5 "2013-10-16T20:49:20Z")
The other thread you started, which is “Ansible not even running the ping module” ---
**Author:** ![Guillem\_Liarte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@Guillem\_Liarte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillem_Liarte)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-run-any-modules-from-command-line/13696/6 "2013-10-16T21:51:45Z")
Michael, I deleted that one. It took some time to appear in the list, so I though it had not been processed, that is why started this other. I do not see it any more in the list. If you have the chance to merge the two or to C&P the answer, I would be grateful. Thanks.