Hi everyone,

I am currently trying to pull the running config from various Cisco devices. I decided I would start with the basics and pull from one device to start with and then alter the script. My issue is that I can't even get that right!

When running the below script it is constantly asking for the password. If I manually provide the same password (when prompted) that is referenced in the script I can see on the switch that it logs in successfully, however the script keeps on prompting for it.

use strict;
 use warnings;

 use Net::Appliance::Session;

 my $ios_device_ip = '10.10.1.1';

 my $ios_username        = 'redacted';
 my $ios_password        = 'redacted';


 my $running_config_file = "$ENV{HOME}/running_config.txt";

 my $session_obj = Net::Appliance::Session->new(
     host      => $ios_device_ip,
     personality => 'ios',
     transport => 'SSH',
 );

# try to login to the ios device, ignoring host check
     $session_obj->connect(
          Name => $ios_username,
               Password => $ios_password,
                    SHKC => 0
                     );

# get our running config
       my @running_config =  $session_obj->cmd('show running');

 # chop out the extra info top and bottom of the config
       @running_config = @running_config[ 2 .. (@running_config -1)];

       open(FH, "> $running_config_file")
         or die("Cannot open config file : $!");
       print FH @running_config;
       close FH;

# close down our session
       $session_obj->close;

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The password does have special characters in it. I have tried using the " quotes round the password but hasn't made any difference.

Could anyone advise on what I should be looking at?

In reply to Issue with Net::Appliance::Session by ThePerlNoob

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