Hello monks. This is my first post. I am having some problems with Net::SSH::Perl and I was hoping maybe some of you could help. I am trying to make a script work with RSA keys. Here is a an example of the test code I have tried so far. 
use strict;
use Net::SSH::Perl;


my @key = ('identity_files', '/usr/home/username/.ssh/identity');
my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new("host", @key);
my $auth = Net::SSH::Perl::Auth->new('RSA', $ssh);
print "Valid auth" if $auth->authenticate;

my ($out, $err, $exit) = $ssh->cmd("uname -a");

print "$out\n";

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I am getting an error message that says... Can't use string ("/usr/home/username/.ssh/identit") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Net/SSH/Perl/Auth/RSA.pm line 36, <GEN0> chunk 1. I have gone through the documentation several times trying to figure out what I am doing wrong, but I guess I am just not getting it. Can anyone show me where I am going wrong here? Also is there anyway to get the RSA keys to work with keys that have a pass phrase on them? Thanks for the help. Rick

In reply to Net::SSH::Perl Question by PrimeLord

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