in reply to Net::SSH::Perl Question

I think the identity_files parameter takes an arrayref not a scalar:

my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new("host",
                              identity_files => [ '/usr/home/username/
+.ssh/identity' ] );

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Update: whoops! Sorry, projekt21, I guess you beat me to it.

dmm

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