I have a script that connects to several systems (linux to linux) via SFTP and checks for the existance of a file. When connecting to one host I get the error "the authenticity of the target host can not be established, connect from the command line first".

I have successfully connected from the command line and the remote host's key is in the known_hosts file." This is happening only on one system. I have tried setting "PreferredAuthentications=password" also with the same results.

Here is the code snippet

sub SFTPTest()
{
    my $whoami=qx(whoami);
    my $id=qx(id);
    $protocol = "SFTP";
    $Port = $SFTPPort;
    my $SftpConn = Net::SFTP::Foreign ->new(host=>$HostFQDN, user=>$st
+nocuser, password=>$passwd, port=>$Port, timeout=>$TimeOut);
    my $SftpConnErr = $SftpConn->error;
    if ($SftpConnErr)
    {
        my $SftpConnStatus =$SftpConn->status;
        $ErrorState = &CheckErrorMsg($SftpConnStatus);
        return ($ErrorState);
    }
    my $SftpConnLsMsg = $SftpConn->ls;
    $SftpConnErr = $SftpConn->error;
    if ($SftpConnErr)
        {
         my $SftpConnStatus =$SftpConn->status;
        $ErrorState = &CheckErrorMsg($SftpConnStatus);
         }
$SftpConn->disconnect;
    
    return($ErrorState);
}

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In reply to Error with Net::SFTP:Foreign by ScooterTrash

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