in reply to Re: Net::SSH::Perl Login
in thread Net::SSH::Perl Login

The key there is:

        target: Will not query passphrase in batch mode.

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As the document I referenced before indicates, a private key will only be usable in batch mode if it is not encrypted. You can test this by creating a key with no passphrase on it:

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -N '' -f testkey

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