Question

I’m running the command /usr/bin/ssh 192.168.0.109 using Python’s subprocess module. However, I’m getting a “File Not Found” error even though I’m using absolute paths.

OSError: Cannot run program "/usr/bin/ssh 192.168.0.109" (in directory "/home/max/repo/vssh/vssh"): java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory

I’m working in my home directory, but this should matter seeing as I’m giving the full path right?

Here’s where the error occurs:

current_session = Popen(["/usr/bin/ssh " + x.address], stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)

^{(oh and /usr/bin/ssh does exist)}

Answer 1

You should pass in a list of strings to Popen, not a shell command line.

current_session = Popen(["/usr/bin/ssh", x.address], stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)

That should work better.