Dd you try to run the command from the Jenkins server as the Jenkins user like this:
ssh HOST "command_that_should_work" -- Sami jason.l...@sas.com kirjoitti 7.2.2012 kello 21.44: > Hello, > > I am having difficulty running the exec command in the SSH publisher > plug-in. I am able to successfully copy the source files of the build > in the transfer set but the exec command fails. Here is the snippet > from the log. > > SSH: Connecting from host [foo] > SSH: Connecting with configuration [bar] ... > SSH: EXEC: STDOUT/STDERR from command [test] ... > SSH: Disconnecting configuration [bar] ... > ERROR: Exception when publishing, exception message [Failed to connect > exec channel. Message [session is down]] > > I can run the same command verbatim as what I have in the exec command > field successfully using SSH outside of Jenkins. > > Has anyone else hit this? > > Thanks, -Jason