Hi, thanks so much for the reply. A little background: I am using ActivePerl 5.26.3 build 2603 64 bit. I made a couple of changes based on your comments see below:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::OpenSSH;
$Net::OpenSSH::debug = ~0;
print "open secure shell\n";
my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new('10.0.0.29',timeout => 30, user => 'root',
+ password => 'viking',port => 22);
print "returned from secure shell\n";
$ssh->error and print "Unable to connect: " . $ssh->error;
print "Connected to $ssh\n";
undef $ssh;

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Output

open secure shell
# open_ex: ['ssh','-V']
# io3 mloop, cin: 0, cout: 1, cerr: 0
# io3 fast, cin: 0, cout: 1, cerr: 0

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I guess what bothers me is that control never seems to return from the constructor. It goes in, but doesn't come out.

In reply to Re^2: basic openssh connectivity by BrianDStark
in thread basic openssh connectivity by BrianDStark

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