# Important BugFix for ControlPersist on RHEL/CentOS 6.6

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-bugfix-for-controlpersist-on-rhel-centos-6-6/16796>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** rhel\
**Created:** [November 15, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-bugfix-for-controlpersist-on-rhel-centos-6-6/16796 "2014-11-15T00:19:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Strahinja\_Kustudic2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Strahinja\_Kustudic2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Strahinja_Kustudic2)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-bugfix-for-controlpersist-on-rhel-centos-6-6/16796/1 "2014-11-15T00:19:12Z")

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Red Hat has finally fixed the bug with ControlPersist on RHEL 6.6 which causes Ansible to fail to connect on first try and some other strange behavior. So if you are using RHEL/CentOS 6.6 as your management host, make sure to update to the latest openssh-clients version.

[https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1854.html](https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1854.html)

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-bugfix-for-controlpersist-on-rhel-centos-6-6/16796/2 "2014-11-17T20:54:41Z")

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Much rejoicing!