ssh key ( known_hosts ) through perl module

swaroop has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi all,

I need to ssh to remote machine. Whenever I try to use Net::SSH module , its working fine in interactive mode ( issh ). But if I use batch mode ( ssh ) its failing , giving message no keys found.

How to add the keys through perl modules ? Please suggest. we can use ~/.ssh/config file. But its better if we are able to generate the key while running the script.

Thanks,
swaroop

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Re: ssh key ( known_hosts ) through perl module by gargle (Chaplain) on Aug 28, 2005 at 15:59 UTC
Hi Without any code to see it's difficult to figure out what's going wrong. Could you post some code? It would help us :)	[reply]
Re: ssh key ( known_hosts ) through perl module by eXile (Priest) on Aug 28, 2005 at 16:20 UTC
If Net::SSH doesn't do the job, you might want to use something like Expect to control the 'ssh' you have on your machine. See the tutorials section for a good intro on Expect.	[reply]
Re: ssh key ( known_hosts ) through perl module by Roger (Parson) on Aug 29, 2005 at 08:57 UTC
Have you defined your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys?	[reply]
Re: ssh key ( known_hosts ) through perl module by newroz (Monk) on Aug 29, 2005 at 12:40 UTC
Net::SSH uses publickey for method of authentication and it executes regular ssh. You should provide a publickey authentication mechanism to it. Then,you can use passwordless session. If you need generate key within script,have a lookCrypt::DSA and RSA version Crypt::RSA::Key Moreover,Why not using Net::SSH::Perl ?	[reply]
Re^2: ssh key ( known_hosts ) through perl module by swaroop (Beadle) on Aug 31, 2005 at 02:52 UTC
//Moreover,Why not using Net::SSH::Perl ? // Net::SSH::Perl module required authentication. I mean we need to specify the <username> and <password> in the script or interactively. Anyways, now using IO::open2 for ssh operation. Thanks, Swaroop	[reply]