# Failed to execute remote python script with ansible **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [September 2, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-execute-remote-python-script-with-ansible/22469 "2016-09-02T21:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michelle\_Moreno\_Guti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Michelle\_Moreno\_Guti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michelle_Moreno_Guti)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-execute-remote-python-script-with-ansible/22469/1 "2016-09-02T21:21:10Z")
Hello, I’m trying to execute a remote python script on linux nodes. So, the first step I do is to copy the script file in the remote nodes with the “copy” module and this works well: root@soporte03:# ansible sura -m copy -a “src=/root/passwd.py dest=/home/AdminSplunk/ owner=AdminSplunk group=AdminSplunk mode=0777” The correct way to execute the script in a server without use ansible is this: python passwd.py “current-password” “new-password” My problem is when I try to execute this script in the ansible nodes, I ran this line with several modules ansible but continues to generate errors This are the lines that i used using ansible --------------- With the script module --------------- root@soporte03:/etc/ansible # ansible sura -m script -a “python passwd.py ‘Suramericana.2016\*’ ‘Su334N…103’” micha2 | FAILED! =\> { “failed”: true, “msg”: “file or module does not exist: /etc/ansible/python” } micha1 | FAILED! =\> { “failed”: true, “msg”: “file or module does not exist: /etc/ansible/python” } --------------- With the shell module --------------- root@soporte03:/etc/ansible # ansible sura -m shell -a “python passwd.py ‘Suramericana.2016\*’ ‘Su334N…103’” micha2 | FAILED | rc=1 \>\> Changing user password Cambiando la contraseña del usuario AdminSplunk. Cambiando la contraseña de AdminSplunk. (actual) contraseña de UNIX: Traceback (most recent call last): File “passwd.py”, line 13, in current = p.expect(‘(current) UNIX password:’, timeout=3) File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pexpect.py”, line 1311, in expect return self.expect\_list(compiled\_pattern\_list, timeout, searchwindowsize) File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pexpect.py”, line 1325, in expect\_list return self.expect\_loop(searcher\_re(pattern\_list), timeout, searchwindowsize) File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pexpect.py”, line 1409, in expect\_loop raise TIMEOUT (str(e) + ‘\n’ + str(self)) pexpect.TIMEOUT: Timeout exceeded in read\_nonblocking(). \ version: 2.3 ($Revision: 399 $) command: /usr/bin/passwd args: [‘/usr/bin/passwd’] searcher: searcher\_re: 0: re.compile(“(current) UNIX password:”) buffer (last 100 chars): a del usuario AdminSplunk. Cambiando la contraseña de AdminSplunk. (actual) contraseña de UNIX: before (last 100 chars): a del usuario AdminSplunk. Cambiando la contraseña de AdminSplunk. (actual) contraseña de UNIX: after: \ match: None match\_index: None exitstatus: None flag\_eof: False pid: 1838 child\_fd: 3 closed: False timeout: 30 delimiter: \ logfile: \ logfile\_read: None logfile\_send: None maxread: 2000 ignorecase: False searchwindowsize: None delaybeforesend: 0.05 delayafterclose: 0.1 delayafterterminate: 0.1 --------------- With the raw module --------------- root@soporte03:/etc/ansible # ansible sura -m raw -a “python passwd.py ‘Suramericana.2016\*’ ‘Su334N…103’” micha1 | FAILED | rc=1 \>\> Changing user password Cambiando la contraseña del usuario AdminSplunk. Cambiando la contraseña de AdminSplunk. (actual) contraseña de UNIX: Traceback (most recent call last): File “passwd.py”, line 13, in current = p.expect(‘(current) UNIX password:’, timeout=3) File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pexpect.py”, line 1311, in expect return self.expect\_list(compiled\_pattern\_list, timeout, searchwindowsize) File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pexpect.py”, line 1325, in expect\_list return self.expect\_loop(searcher\_re(pattern\_list), timeout, searchwindowsize) File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pexpect.py”, line 1409, in expect\_loop raise TIMEOUT (str(e) + ‘\n’ + str(self)) pexpect.TIMEOUT: Timeout exceeded in read\_nonblocking(). \ version: 2.3 ($Revision: 399 $) command: /usr/bin/passwd args: [‘/usr/bin/passwd’] searcher: searcher\_re: 0: re.compile(“(current) UNIX password:”) buffer (last 100 chars): a del usuario AdminSplunk. Cambiando la contraseña de AdminSplunk. (actual) contraseña de UNIX: before (last 100 chars): a del usuario AdminSplunk. Cambiando la contraseña de AdminSplunk. (actual) contraseña de UNIX: after: \ match: None match\_index: None exitstatus: None flag\_eof: False pid: 1720 child\_fd: 3 closed: False timeout: 30 delimiter: \ logfile: \ logfile\_read: None logfile\_send: None maxread: 2000 ignorecase: False searchwindowsize: None delaybeforesend: 0.05 delayafterclose: 0.1 delayafterterminate: 0.1 please someone tell me what is the correct way to execute a remote python script with ansible. Appreciate your help. ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-execute-remote-python-script-with-ansible/22469/2 "2016-09-02T21:49:04Z")
The script module assumes that you are going to have ansible copy the script from local to remote and execute it all in one task. The shell module is the way to go, but you may be experiencing an issue with the TTY. It looks like pexpect in that script is failing to read a response from the spawned command. Also, it looks like maybe you are trying to change users passwords. You can do this with the `user` module. Also there is an `expect` module that utilizes pexpect under the hood to accomplish similar tasks.