.... asmodeus: Net::SSH::Perl Version 1.30, protocol version 2.0. asmodeus: No compat match: OpenSSH_4.2. asmodeus: Connection established. asmodeus: Sent key-exchange init (KEXINIT), wait response. asmodeus: Algorithms, c->s: 3des-cbc hmac-sha1 none asmodeus: Algorithms, s->c: 3des-cbc hmac-sha1 none asmodeus: Entering Diffie-Hellman Group 1 key exchange. asmodeus: Sent DH public key, waiting for reply. asmodeus: Received host key, type 'ssh-dss'. asmodeus: Host 'host2.mydomain.com' is known and matches the host key. asmodeus: Computing shared secret key. asmodeus: Verifying server signature. asmodeus: Waiting for NEWKEYS message. asmodeus: Enabling incoming encryption/MAC/compression. asmodeus: Send NEWKEYS, enable outgoing encryption/MAC/compression. asmodeus: Sending request for user-authentication service. asmodeus: Service accepted: ssh-userauth. asmodeus: Trying empty user-authentication request. asmodeus: Authentication methods that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive. asmodeus: Next method to try is publickey. Permission denied at ./ssh_test.pl line 19