Unable to run sshpass command in centOS

Question

Have work on CentOS release 6.3 (Final) system. And try to ssh another machine using `sshpass` utility like ``` sshpass -p 'password' ssh user@host ``` But it give me error like ``` sshpass: Failed to run command: No such file or directory ``` So from error i think that `sshpass` may be not install so have try to install it by `yum install sshpass` and get following log ``` Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.leapswitch.com * epel: epel.mirror.net.in * extras: mirror.leapswitch.com * nux-libreoffice.org-rpms: mirror.li.nux.ro * updates: mirror.leapswitch.com Setting up Install Process Package sshpass-1.05-1.el6.i686 already installed and latest version Nothing to do ``` from above it seems sshpass is already installed.So why it not working?

Accepted Answer

Check if your shell knows the locations of sshpass

```
which sshpass
```

If it doesnt give any output use find command to find the location of the executable:

```
find / -name sshpass
```

If you find the path, you can either use the full path of the executable:

```
/path/to/sshnpass
```

Or add the path to the PATH environmental variable, so that your shell can locate it:

```
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/
```

Or the issue might be completely different. sshpass might not be able to find some other dependency. "ssh" client might not be installed. Or your syntax might be wrong:

Unable to run sshpass command in centOS

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