hmm, i tried this but was unable to login via a system command. Looked at help for ssh but no password accept method. Thanks for showing me that ssh was right in front of me though.
I take it maybe open2 will allow me to negotiate this?
trying to pass ssh a password yields me errors of "Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal." or "Broken Pipe". :(
Thanks for info, i do not know how to set the DISPLAY environment variable. PovRay is outputting the render to a png file, i only need it to do that. I have set povary variables for non display. Still problem is before that, in accepting parameters via automated perl. thanks for help.
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