Process dies, if it is run via paramiko ssh session and with “&” in the end

Question

I just want to run tcpdump in background using paramiko.

Here is the part of the code:

ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_k         


        

Answer 1

just need add a sleep command,

cmd = "(nohup tcpdump -i eth1  port 443 -w /tmp/dump20150317183305940107.pcap) &"  

change to

cmd = "(nohup tcpdump -i eth1  port 443 -w /tmp/dump20150317183305940107.pcap) &; sleep 1"