[IPython-User] ipcluster fails on Mac OSX (ssh-askpass not found)

[David Welch]

Hello Benjamin, 
Apparently I don't have the select_random_ports module.  That's pretty random, I have IPython v0.11 and Python 2.6.1.

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In [1]: from IPython.external.ssh import tunnel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
/IPLlinux/raid0/homes/dmwelch/<ipython-input-1-99c6f6fce696> in <module>()
----> 1 from IPython.external.ssh import tunnel

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11.dev-py2.6.egg/IPython/external/ssh/tunnel.py in <module>()
     35     pexpect = None
     36 
---> 37 from IPython.parallel.util import select_random_ports
     38 
     39 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11.dev-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/__init__.py in <module>()
     30 
     31 from .client.asyncresult import *
---> 32 from .client.client import Client
     33 from .client.remotefunction import *
     34 from .client.view import *

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11.dev-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/client.py in <module>()
     39                                     Dict, List, Bool, Set)
     40 from IPython.external.decorator import decorator
---> 41 from IPython.external.ssh import tunnel
     42 
     43 from IPython.parallel import error

ImportError: cannot import name tunnel
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Any ideas?  I had IPython 0.11.dev, so I tried reinstalling IPython the release version from the site.  I got some warnings, but nothing that looks like the smoking gun.

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$ sudo pip install -f http://archive.ipython.org/release/0.11/ipython-0.11.tar.gz ipython --upgrade
Downloading/unpacking ipython
  Real name of requirement ipython is ipython
  Downloading ipython-0.11.tar.gz (8.0Mb): 8.0Mb downloaded
  Running setup.py egg_info for package ipython
    no previously-included directories found matching 'IPython/deathrow'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching 'docs/#*'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching 'docs/man/*.1'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/attic'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/build'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/gh-pages'
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*~' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*.flc' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.dircopy.log' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.svn' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.bzr' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.hgignore' found anywhere in distribution
Installing collected packages: ipython
  Found existing installation: ipython 0.11.dev
    Uninstalling ipython:
      Successfully uninstalled ipython
  Running setup.py install for ipython
    no previously-included directories found matching 'IPython/deathrow'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching 'docs/#*'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching 'docs/man/*.1'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/attic'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/build'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/gh-pages'
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*~' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*.flc' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.dircopy.log' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.svn' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.bzr' found anywhere in distribution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.hgignore' found anywhere in distribution
    Installing ipcontroller script to /usr/local/bin
    Installing iptest script to /usr/local/bin
    Installing ipcluster script to /usr/local/bin
    Installing ipython script to /usr/local/bin
    Installing pycolor script to /usr/local/bin
    Installing iplogger script to /usr/local/bin
    Installing irunner script to /usr/local/bin
    Installing ipengine script to /usr/local/bin
    Installing ipython-qtconsole script to /usr/local/bin
Successfully installed ipython
Cleaning up...
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Cheers,
-Dave

--
David Welch
david.m.welch@gmail.com



On Sep 7, 2011, at 2:27 PM, MinRK wrote:

> Hm, I can't think of a place where we explicitly try to use ssh-askpass (acking for askpass reveals no matches in IPython).  Is this perhaps what Python's own getpass uses?  What Python and OSX are you using?
> 
> What happens if you do:
> 
> from IPython.external.ssh import tunnel
> tunnel.ssh_tunnel(8888, 80, 'yourhost')
> 
> in a regular Python/IPython session?
> 
> It would appear that I can tunnel just fine between my OSX machines.
> 
> -MinRK
> 
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:08, David Welch <david.m.welch@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm trying to run an ipcluster on a Mac cluster using SSH.  It fails with an error in the log file:
> ==============
> ...
> [IPClusterStart] Process 'ssh' started: 46805
> [IPClusterStart] Process 'engine set' started: [None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None]
> [IPClusterStart] ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
> ...
> ==============
> 
> I've done some searching online and found that Mac doesn't have a function 'ssh-askpass' but several workarounds have been made for other bundles (Cornerstone2, for instance has a helper application that this blogger linked to as a workaround - http://otherside.mimijidi.com/entries/ssh-askpass-on-mac-os-x/).  Does IPython have something similar, or is this a Mac platform bug?
> 
> -Dave
> 
> --
> David Welch
> david.m.welch@gmail.com
> 
> 
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