(DUPE) Is there a better way ? : Net::SSH - Detecting success or fail for a connection

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

Im simply looking to check if an attempt to ssh to a host is successful, and nothing more. I have achieved this by the following :


close(STDERR) # ie I Dont want to see junk

if ( &Net::SSH::ssh('user_that_fails@somehost', "exit") ) { 

print "A message - you just failed \n";

} else {

print "A message - you just passed \n";

}
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This seems to me to be the wrong way around, ie returns true when using a username that fails. More importantly, is there a better way of doing this ? ( sorry but I cant use Net::SSH::Perl ) NB - Not shown, but STDERR is saved off to a temp handle, and restored afterwards. Thanks.

Considered by jdporter: reap: dupe of Connection test : Net::SSH::Perl : $ssh->login - detecting failure
Unconsidered by Arunbear: keep (and edit) votes prevented reaping; Keep: 3, Edit: 1, Reap: 17

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Re: Is there a better way ? : Net::SSH - Detecting success or fail for a connection by u235sentinel (Hermit) on Feb 18, 2006 at 02:20 UTC
You have the same question in twice. Connection test : Net::SSH::Perl : $ssh->login - detecting failure Check there for my response and good luck.	[reply]