First off, I know that this is a Perl forum and this really is a Perl question. So, here goes: I have a PHP web page that calls a Perl script that I have written using Net::SSH::Perl. I have fully tested this and it works just fine from the cli. But, it does not complete when I call it from PHP. The pertinent code segment that is having trouble is this: 
my %params = ( protocol => "2", debug => "true", use_pty => 0 );

print "entering Net:SSH:Perl->new command\n";
$ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new($serverName, %params);

print "entering SSH->login command\n";
$ssh->login($user, $pass);

print "executing cmd\n";
($out,$err,$exit) = $ssh->cmd("/home/bfdi533/pna_switch.pl $pna_swid $
+pna_mode");

print "*****\n";
print "results:\n$out\n";

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Here is the output on the web page: 
entering Net:SSH:Perl->new command
entering SSH->login command

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Should I be calling this code the way I am? Should I be trying to write this using mod_perl rather than calling the perl script from a PHP system command? Any and all help and/or advice would be appreciated.

In reply to Net::SSH::Perl trouble from withing PHP by bfdi533

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