Certain Unix commands fail with “… not found”, when executed through Java using JSch even with setPty enabled

Question

I\'m creating an android app that sends commands to a linux terminal on a device. I am able to get the proper output when using the \"ls\" command, however the device does n

Answer 1

Your server/shell is misconfigured somehow. It does not set the PATH correctly, when a shell session is not started. That's, why the ifconfig/iwconfig binaries cannot be found.

Either fix your startup scripts to set the PATH correctly for all situations. Or use a full path to the ifconfig/iwconfig.

To find the full path, open a regular shell session using your SSH client and type:

which ifconfig

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