Using ActiveState Perl 5.8, Im looking to check some username/password combinations, via ssh connection. 

my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new("some_unixhost");

$ssh->login("user", "password");

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

[download]
Try as I might, I cant figure how to check if my login was sucessful. ( I dont need to do anything further, just check ) In the case of a failure, the ssh->cmd causes an error, but I cant seem to handle this very neatly, I dont think this is the way. $ssh->login doesnt seem to return anything I can use. The 'new' method returns an object, can I do anything with this once Ive called a login ? Stuck.

In reply to Connection test : Net::SSH::Perl : $ssh->login - detecting failure by jxh

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.