my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new('host'); $ssh->login('user','pass'); my ( $stdout, $stderr, $exit ) = $ssh->cmd('uptime'); print qq(Content-type: text/html ); print "output from ssh: $stdout\n"; print "error from ssh: $stderr\n"; print "\n"; #### mkdir /.ssh: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/Net/SSH/Perl/Util/Hosts.pm line 50