[FIXED] using jenkins shell invokes python issues sshpass command not found

Issue

im using jenkins on MAC to make CI environment and encounter this issue. log on jenkins console output:

sh: sshpass: command not found

my jenkins shell

python $path_python_script"/copy.py"

copy.py

import os
import ssh
import paramiko
import shutil
import sys
cmmd = "sshpass -p *** scp -r /srcpath [email protected].***.***:/destpath"
os.system(cmmd)

however when i execute the python file on terminal, it definitely works.

appreciate any help.

Solution

When an application can be executed in the terminal but can’t be found when invoked via a script on the same machine, most of the times the issue is the PATH environment variable, which is where applications are searched.

The problem can be solved either

1. by adjusting the PATH environment variable in the calling script, or
2. by specifying the full path when invoking the binary.

Either way, you will need to figure out where the application is located, by executing (in the terminal)

which sshpass

The result is the full path to the sshpass exucutable. You can now use that inside your cmmd variable in the script, or you can leave cmmd as-is, and adjust PATH before invoking it:

os.environ["PATH"] += os.pathsep + path_to_sshpass

Make sure to use the directory name, not the full path. That is, if the full path is /usr/local/bin/sshpass, then path_to_sshpass should be '/usr/local/bin'.

Answered By - Konrad Rudolph
Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (JavaFixing Admin)