# The term '/bin/sh' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet - PowerShell **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows, ubuntu\ **Created:** [March 9, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-term-bin-sh-is-not-recognized-as-the-name-of-a-cmdlet-powershell/20811 "2016-03-09T11:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@Peter\_Daniel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-term-bin-sh-is-not-recognized-as-the-name-of-a-cmdlet-powershell/20811/1 "2016-03-09T11:43:38Z")
I’m testing managing a windows box from an Ubuntu trusty. This WORKS! ansible windows -i inventory/vagrant.ini -m win\_ping -vvv This WORKS too! windows -i inventory/vagrant.ini -m setup -vvv But when i run the actual play, it fails ☹ help please…! ansible-playbook site.yaml -i inventory/vagrant.ini --limit windows --diff -vvv Using /home/aomoware/Documents/git\_repos/monitoring\_environment/ansible.cfg as config file 1 plays in site.yaml PLAY \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [setup] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \<10.12.64.80\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5986 TO 10.12.64.80 \<10.12.64.80\> EXEC Set-StrictMode -Version Latest (New-Item -Type Directory -Path $env:temp -Name “ansible-tmp-1457523740.58-78594312158152”).FullName | Write-Host -Separator ‘’; \<10.12.64.80\> PUT “/tmp/tmpkiGGuO” TO “C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible-tmp-1457523740.58-78594312158152\setup.ps1” \<10.12.64.80\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘sudo -H -S -n -u root /bin/sh -c ‘"’“‘echo BECOME-SUCCESS-nilzukhxwbbvvigfqtfxxfkueclxexhc; PowerShell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -EncodedCommand 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’”’“‘’ fatal: [netmon-2]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “invocation”: {“module\_name”: “setup”}, “module\_stderr”: “#\< CLIXML\r\n\/bin/sh : The term ‘/bin/sh’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, _x000D\_\_x000A_\function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or _x000D\_\_x000A_\if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again._x000D\_\_x000A_\At line:1 char:1\_x000D\_\_x000A\_\+ /bin/sh -c 'sudo -H -S -n -u root /bin/sh -c ‘"’"'echo _x000D\_\_x000A_\BECOME-SUCCESS-nilzukhxwb …_x000D\_\_x000A_\+ ~~~~~~~ _x000D\_\_x000A_\ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (/bin/sh:String) , CommandNotF _x000D\_\_x000A_\ oundException\_x000D\_\_x000A\_\ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException\_x000D\_\_x000A\_\ _x000D\_\_x000A_”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”, “parsed”: false} NO MORE HOSTS LEFT \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* to retry, use: --limit @site.retry PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* netmon-2 : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-term-bin-sh-is-not-recognized-as-the-name-of-a-cmdlet-powershell/20811/2 "2016-03-10T10:22:28Z")
Can you share your ansible.cfg differences between a clean ansible.cfg? Looks like the result of some sudo/become settings are getting added to your setup module invocation on the windows box and confusing things. Jon