Hello Priestly perl guys,

I hope that you can answer a couple of questions for a perl newbie.

1. I was connecting to a SQL Server DB through DBI, using a DSN that I set up. I now need to move this over to a Red Hat box, and I I am not sure how to connect to the DB without using ODBC.

2.I am trying to dowload a file from the internet, but I keep getting the following the 401 authorization error. Here is the code I am using:

require LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request::Common;
use Digest::MD5;

$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$ua->credentials("datafeedsCentral.com", "Datafeeds", $user, $password
+);

# URL where to download the database and its updates
$url      = "http://datafeedsCentral.com/datafeeds/$user/vuldb/";

# download the initial database dump from the server
sub download_dump {
  my $response;

    print "Downloading initial database dump.\n";
  $response = $ua->request(GET("$url/vdb-dump.tgz"), 'vdb-dump.tgz');
  if (!$response->is_success) {
    die "Can't download vdb-dump.tgz: " . $response->status_line . "\n
+";
  }
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I can download it through IE, it pops up a box asking for a username and a password. I am pretty sure that the netloc and realm are correct. I know that my username and password are.

Any help is appriciated.

Thanks

Edit by tye