Re^2: Perl with Net::SSH2, vshell and psexec

Using Net::SSH2 correctly is quite hard and may involve digging into Net::SSH2 and libssh2 source code in order to discover how things really work and why your theoretical correct program doesn't.

I second this! I use the perl Expect module to control the shell ssh command.

I do a lot of cisco ios network automation using perl, and have published an open source suite of modules to handle connectivity, logging, testing, etc. They are posted at menzascripting.com. The Mnet::Expect module has my code for controlling ssh sessions (with authentication, prompt detection, telnet fallback, etc). Feel free to view or use that code. There a lot of quirk-mitigation built into it.

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Re^3: Perl with Net::SSH2, vshell and psexec by t_rex_joe (Sexton) on Feb 10, 2014 at 14:59 UTC
I have used net::telnet and ssh::expect with great results with network equipment (hp, cisco, brocade, enterasys). For all my network needs (sh arp, mac, route, config backups). Not any problems with equipment. This psexec with hidden forking is a new monster altogether.	[reply]