Port of d412bc7 to stable-1.9

lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py

@@ -230,10 +230,13 @@ class Runner(object):
                 self.transport = "paramiko"
             else:
                 # see if SSH can support ControlPersist if not use paramiko
+                try:
                     cmd = subprocess.Popen(['ssh','-o','ControlPersist'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
                     (out, err) = cmd.communicate()
                     if "Bad configuration option" in err:
                         self.transport = "paramiko"
+                except OSError:
+                    self.transport = "paramiko"
 
         # save the original transport, in case it gets
         # changed later via options like accelerate