I'm trying to use Net::SSH::Perl to establish a secure connection to a server through CGI. I'm the VERY first to admit that perhaps this may not be the way to go but I'm a new and needing advice. Please PLEASE offer any!

I created a form with a 'post' to a cgi script. The cgi script tries to use Net::SSH::Perl to login to the server. It won't complete and returns the following error: 

Software error:

Can't write to /.ssh/known_hosts2: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5
+/site_perl/5.8.5/Net/SSH/Perl.pm line 380

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Here is the script that I would like to try (unless I can be told it's better to be done another route - and I'm WAY willing to go there!): 
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Carp qw(warningsToBrowser fatalsToBrowser);
use strict;

print header;
print start_html("Thank You");
print h2("Thank You");

my %form;
foreach my $p (param()) {
$form{$p} = param($p);
#print "$p = $form{$p}<br>\n";
}
print end_html;

my $mypassword;
$mypassword = '******';

my $var;
my $val;

print header;

foreach $var (sort(keys(%ENV))) {
    $val = $ENV{$var};
    $val =~ s|\n|\\n|g;
    $val =~ s|"|\\"|g;
    #print "${var}=\"${val}\"\n";
}

use Net::SSH::Perl;
print "<br / > Here is where we try to make the ssh<br / >";

my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new('my_personal_box');
    print "<br / >here is the ssh part: $ssh <br / >";
    $ssh->login("my_userid", $mypassword);
        
print end_html;

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Thank you for ANY advice you may offer. Trust me! It is sincerely appreciated! Ronni

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In reply to Net::SSH::Perl - looking for someone to point me in the right direction by Anonymous Monk

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