# failed - "rc": 127 - stderr not found

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-rc-127-stderr-not-found/25390>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 1, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-rc-127-stderr-not-found/25390 "2017-09-01T07:50:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tobias\_Malzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Tobias\_Malzer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tobias_Malzer)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-rc-127-stderr-not-found/25390/1 "2017-09-01T07:50:41Z")

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Hi everybody,

I’m working on getting my hands on ansible to use it for network automation purposes. I’ve a problem with a first simple script which is issuing a show command on a switch.

I’ve to hosts defined in my hosts file /etc/ansible/hosts:

_[…]_

_[nxos]_  
_10.20.5.26_  
_10.20.5.27_

_[…]_

Now I have this simple playbook:

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-rc-127-stderr-not-found/25390/2 "2017-09-01T09:24:14Z")

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Ansible 1.7.2 at the time (2014) was about one year old.  
Since then another three years of development have gone into the code.  
Especially the networking area saw a huge amount of changes.  
So while you might get this to work, I'm sure you'll run into many  
other issues after that.

Of course it all depends on how much you're stuck with having to use  
1.7.2, but instead of getting that to work, I'd spend my energy on  
finding a way to run a recent release.

Dick

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**Author:** ![Tobias\_Malzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Tobias\_Malzer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tobias_Malzer)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-rc-127-stderr-not-found/25390/3 "2017-09-01T09:44:38Z")

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Hi Dick,

thanks for your reply. Yeah I know but I thought I just ask about this here, maybe someone has run into this and is aware of a fast solution.

Cheers