Hi Monks 
Thanks for ur swift response. I tried out the solutions specified for my previous query but dint work out. i tried to install the Net::Telnet module but got the following error when i ran the make test. Even when i force installed the module it dint work. Kindly help ......


ERROR : 

Manifying blib/man3/Net::Telnet.3pm
  /usr/bin/make  -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose); $verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t
t/select............NOK 3FAILED test 3
        Failed 1/3 tests, 66.67% okay
Failed Test  Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t/select.t                    3    1  33.33%  3
Failed 1/1 test scripts, 0.00% okay. 1/3 subtests failed, 66.67% okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 29
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
make test had returned bad status, won't install without force


chubby