How to fix “rsync: Failed to exec ssh: No such file or directory” ?
I was getting following error while trying to copy one file to another server using rsync
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rsync: Failed to exec ssh: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in IPC code (code 14) at pipe.c(84) [sender=3.0.9]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in IPC code (code 14) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9]
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As you can see the error message is
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rsync: Failed to exec ssh: No such file or directory (2)
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This error means rsync is not able to locate the openssh client on the machine.
How to fix “rsync: Failed to exec ssh: No such file or directory”?
This can be fixed by installing the openssh client packages . On a Centos machine , you can install it using yum , see the following example
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~]# yum install openssh-clients
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.cogentco.com
* extras: mirror.vcu.edu
* updates: centos.mbni.med.umich.edu
Resolving Dependencies
—> Running transaction check
—-> Package openssh–clients.x86_64 0:6.6.1p1–35.el7_3 will be installed
—> Processing Dependency: libedit.so.0()(64bit) for package: openssh–clients–6.6.1p1–35.el7_3.x86_64
—> Running transaction check
—-> Package libedit.x86_64 0:3.0–12.20121213cvs.el7 will be installed
—> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
openssh–clients x86_64 6.6.1p1–35.el7_3 updates 642 k
Installing for dependencies:
libedit x86_64 3.0–12.20121213cvs.el7 base 92 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package (+1 Dependent package)
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After this rsync was working properly.