# Trying to connect master host Ansible to target HP-UX 11.31 ia64 server **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [August 18, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-connect-master-host-ansible-to-target-hp-ux-11-31-ia64-server/31066 "2019-08-18T11:32:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![user70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecb155/32.png) [@user70](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user70)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-connect-master-host-ansible-to-target-hp-ux-11-31-ia64-server/31066/1 "2019-08-18T11:32:33Z")
Hi! After tuning connect from master ansible server to target HP-UX server (HP-UX 11.31 ia64 server with installed Python 2.7.16) by SSH (ssh HPUX - without password), i try a test: #ssh hp-ux (get connected without password) and next: #ansible hpux -m ping I get an error: hpux | UNREACHABLE! =\> { “changed”: false, “msg”: “Authentication or permission failure. In some cases, you may have been able to authenticate and did not have permissions on the target directory. Consider changing the remote tmp path in ansible.cfg to a path rooted in "/tmp". Failed command was: ( umask 77 && mkdir -p "`echo /tmp/ansible/ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570`" && echo ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570="`echo /tmp/ansible/ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570`" ), exited with result 235, stdout output: ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570=/tmp/ansible/ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570\n”, “unreachable”: true } I think so it may be syntax error of remote command by ssh for HP-UX shell… Is it so or not? Anyone can help me? ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-connect-master-host-ansible-to-target-hp-ux-11-31-ia64-server/31066/2 "2019-08-18T12:25:00Z")
Hi! > Hi! > After tuning connect from master ansible server to target HP-UX server > (HP-UX 11.31 ia64 server with installed Python 2.7.16) by SSH (ssh HPUX - > without password), i try a test: > > #ssh hp-ux > (get connected without password) > > and next: > #ansible hpux -m ping > > I get an error: > hpux | UNREACHABLE! =\> { >     "changed": false, >     "msg": "Authentication or permission failure. In some cases, you may > have been able to authenticate and did not have permissions on the target > directory. Consider changing the remote tmp path in ansible.cfg to a path > rooted in \"/tmp\". Failed command was: ( umask 77 && mkdir -p \"` echo > /tmp/ansible/ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570 `\" && echo > ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570=\"` echo > /tmp/ansible/ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570 `\" ), exited with > result 235, stdout output: > ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570=/tmp/ansible/ansible-tmp-1566126836.8-256406273673570\n", >     "unreachable": true > } > > I think so it may be syntax error of remote command by ssh for HP-UX > shell.... Is it so or not? Anyone can help me? The problem is "permission failure". You are not able to write to DEFAULT\_LOCAL\_TMP (see [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/config.html#default-local-tmp](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#default-local-tmp)). Default value is "~/.ansible/tmp". You might want to log to the remote and fix the permissions, or, as suggested in the message, "Consider changing the remote tmp path in ansible.cfg to a path rooted in "/tmp". There are security implications of who will be able to read the tmp files created by Ansible (see [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/become.html#becoming-an-unprivileged-user](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/become.html#becoming-an-unprivileged-user)). In this case you might want to use pipelining. Quoting from the link above: "Use pipelining. When pipelining is enabled, Ansible doesn’t save the module to a temporary file on the client. Instead it pipes the module to the remote python interpreter’s stdin. Pipelining does not work for python modules involving file transfer (for example: copy, fetch, template), or for non-python modules." Cheers,   -vlado ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-connect-master-host-ansible-to-target-hp-ux-11-31-ia64-server/31066/3 "2019-08-18T12:36:33Z")
Errata: The problem is "permission failure". You are not able to write to "remote\_tmp" [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/intro\_configuration.html#remote-tmp](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/intro_configuration.html#remote-tmp) ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-connect-master-host-ansible-to-target-hp-ux-11-31-ia64-server/31066/4 "2019-08-18T12:47:20Z")
See: Failure using become on HP-UX: Failed to set file mode on remote files #18391 [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/18391](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/18391) ---
**Author:** ![user70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecb155/32.png) [@user70](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user70)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-connect-master-host-ansible-to-target-hp-ux-11-31-ia64-server/31066/5 "2019-08-18T15:02:33Z")
Hi, Vladimir! I have some question: 1.I normalized all TMP to /tmp/ansible everywhere in ansible.conf. I connect to hp-ux by root user with authorized\_keys (on hp-ux side) and root not root privelegies in /tmp/ansible after connect? Error : “Authentication or permission failure. In some cases, you may have been able to authenticate and did not have permissions…” still the same. 2.After setting pipelining = True in ansible.conf, i get no answer from hp-ux host: [root@ansible ~]# ansible -vvv integrity -m ping ansible 2.8.2 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/bin/ansible python version = 2.7.5 (default, Jun 20 2019, 20:27:34) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)] Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file host\_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it’s verify\_file() method script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it’s verify\_file() method auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it’s verify\_file() method [DEPRECATION WARNING]: The TRANSFORM\_INVALID\_GROUP\_CHARS settings is set to allow bad characters in group names by default, this will change, but still be user configurable on deprecation. This feature will be removed in version 2.10. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation\_warnings=False in ansible.cfg. [WARNING]: Invalid characters were found in group names but not replaced, use -vvvv to see details Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin META: ran handlers Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/ping.py Pipelining is enabled. ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ‘User=“root”’ -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/tmp/ansible/cp/5b8e4f6a37 hpux ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’"’/usr/local/bin/python2.7 && sleep 0’"’ …And no errors…no output… nothing… ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-connect-master-host-ansible-to-target-hp-ux-11-31-ia64-server/31066/6 "2019-08-18T20:37:32Z")
I can't help you. Sorry. The issue is still open. It's a bug. You might want to go trough all the details in the issue and contribute there. "Failure using become on HP-UX:Failed to set file mode on remote files #18391" [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/18391](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/18391) FYI, HPUX is not among the supported managed nodes [https://access.redhat.com/articles/3168091](https://access.redhat.com/articles/3168091) Cheers,   -vlado