Using python, I'm making an SSH connection using paramiko and I'm sending a command which starts a tcpdump acquisition. command="tcpdump -i enp8s0f2 -w test_tcpdump.pcap" ssh = paramiko.SSHClient() ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.WarningPolicy()) ssh.connect(IP, username=USER_GW, password=PSW_GW,look_for_keys=False, banner_timeout=200, timeout=200, auth_timeout=200) ssh.exec_command(command, timeout=60) time.sleep(10) ssh.close() I saw that even if I'm closing the SSH connection the tcpdump continues to work. Is there a way to stop it? I've also tried to send this command but without success: ssh.exec_command("kill", timeout=60) Continue reading...