$self->sendto('stdout', "child($wid): doing ssh\n"); $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new( $device, user => $sshuser, passwd => $sshpwd, master_opts => [-o => "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"], master_stderr_discard => 1 ); $self->sendto('stdout', "child($wid): did ssh - not shown!!! \n");