# unable to run a remote script with Ansible **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [May 24, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-a-remote-script-with-ansible/21540 "2016-05-24T13:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fanvalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fanvalt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fanvalt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-a-remote-script-with-ansible/21540/1 "2016-05-24T13:23:38Z")
Hello, Here is my issue. I have a script start.sh with the following lines: #!/bin/ksh dispatcher.sh --command=start --directory=… returnCode=$? exit $returnCode the both scripts are in the same directory, with the 755 rights. I run the task this way: - name: Start shell: /bin/ksh start.sh args: chdir: “/{{ rep\_user }}/{{ openhrname }}/bin” register: start\_op and I receive the following error: fatal: [integ]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “/bin/ksh start.sh”, “delta”: “0:00:00.007132”, “end”: “2016-05-24 15:13:36.666862”, “failed”: true, “rc”: 127, “start”: “2016-05-24 15:13:36.659730”, “stderr”: “start\_openhr.sh[2]: dispatcher.sh: not found [No such file or directory]”, “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: , “warnings”: } I have tried to run dos2unix on these files before, without success. I tried also many different ways to write the shell command, without any success: shell: /bin/ksh ./start.sh shell: chdir=/{{ rep\_user }}/{{ openhrname }}/bin /bin/ksh ./start.sh shell: /bin/ksh /{{ rep\_user }}/{{ openhrname }}/bin/start.sh args: chdir: “/{{ rep\_user }}/{{ openhrname }}/bin” etc … when I run it manually from the directory where the files are installed, I have no issue. If I try to run the start.sh shell from another directory manually, the error occurs, which is normal. Could it be an issue with chdir command ? I run Ansible version 2.1.0 Thanks a lot, regards ---
**Author:** ![fanvalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fanvalt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fanvalt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-a-remote-script-with-ansible/21540/2 "2016-05-24T14:46:23Z")
Is it normal that when running with the -vvvv options, in the invocation display, the module\_name displayed is “command” and not “shell” ? fatal: [integ]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “/bin/ksh start.sh”, “delta”: “0:00:00.005499”, “end”: “2016-05-24 16:43:55.780568”, “failed”: true, “invocation”: {“module\_args”: {“\_raw\_params”: “/bin/ksh start.sh”, “\_uses\_shell”: true, “chdir”: “/integuno/openhr/bin”, “creates”: null, “executable”: “/bin/ksh”, “removes”: null, “warn”: true}, “module\_name”: “command”}, “rc”: 127, “start”: “2016-05-24 16:43:55.775069”, “stderr”: “start.sh[2]: dispatcher.sh: not found [No such file or directory]”, “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: , “warnings”: } ---
**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:** [May 24, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-a-remote-script-with-ansible/21540/3 "2016-05-24T14:47:49Z")
The biggest problem looks like all of your scripts assume relative paths. As a result it looks like things cannot be located. I’d recommend either adding pathing detection, or using full paths to those files. ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-a-remote-script-with-ansible/21540/4 "2016-05-24T14:50:09Z")
The error message says, start\_openhr.sh can't find dispatcher.sh. So dispatcher.sh is not in path or you should use absolute path. ---
**Author:** ![fanvalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fanvalt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fanvalt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-a-remote-script-with-ansible/21540/5 "2016-05-24T15:09:05Z")
the script dispatcher.sh is in the directory where start.sh is launched. I understand your meaning but it is hard to modify scripts that are downloaded from a package and I do not own. because chdir is supposed to change directory before running a script, it should find all files from that directory when running the script. ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-a-remote-script-with-ansible/21540/6 "2016-05-24T15:55:06Z")
No it won't, ksh will first check if it find dispatcher.sh built-in command if not, it will search all directories in the PATH. It will not check the directory command is started from unless it is in PATH.