SSH2.pm doesn't have "getpwuid" function

nithins has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks

I wanted an sftp connection to one of the servers, hence used Net::SFTP module.The code i have written is below.

my $ftp = Net::SFTP->new($host,$user,$pass) or die "$!";
print "logged in to server for ftp\n";
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but while executing i am getting this error :The getpwuid function is unimplemented at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Net/SSH/Perl/SSH2.pm line 39.When i checked in SSH.pm i did find that there was no function implemented with getpwuid name.Can some one help me on this

it set's environment variable ,because of this error it's failing

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Re: SSH2.pm doesn't have "getpwuid" function by salva (Canon) on Nov 20, 2013 at 08:31 UTC
Instead of Net::SFTP that's mostly unmaintained nowadays, use Net::SFTP::Foreign, on Windows, with the Net::SSH2 backend Net::SFTP::Foreign::Backend::Net_SSH2. If you are brave enough, you can try the development version of Net::SSH::Any which provides a better backend for Net::SFTP::Foreign. It requires the development versions of libssh2 and Net::SSH2 also.	[reply]
Re: SSH2.pm doesn't have "getpwuid" function by kcott (Archbishop) on Nov 20, 2013 at 08:05 UTC
G'day nithins, You haven't shown any code using `getpwuid()`. Are you suggesting that the error is generated from one of two lines of code you have posted? Perl has a getpwuid function. Perhaps that's what you want? Update: Apparently not! See ++Corion's reponse below. Please read "How do I post a question effectively?": a better question will get you better answers. -- Ken	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: SSH2.pm doesn't have "getpwuid" function by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 20, 2013 at 08:07 UTC
On Windows, Perl does not implement `getpwuid()`. Most likely, that is the cause of the error. Maybe setting `$ENV{HOME}` or something like that can help the problem.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: SSH2.pm doesn't have "getpwuid" function by kcott (Archbishop) on Nov 20, 2013 at 08:32 UTC
"On Windows, Perl does not implement `getpwuid()`." ++ Thanks - I've updated my response. -- Ken	[reply] [d/l]