Re: SFTP & SSH support in Red Hat AS4

What your sysadmin said is not quite true. For instance, I'm on FC5 and FC6. Both have full 64-bit support for openssh protocols 1 and 2. There is also a 64-bit rpm for Net-SSH-Perl. Now, he may be confused about the meaning of SFTP. For our purposes, SFTP means "SSH File Transfer Protocol". If openssh is installed, then it's supported. On the other hand, SFTP could mean "SSH File Transfer Program"---that's more for commandline clients and not really what we're talking about.

I think the real problem is that the sysadmin may have had a problem installing Net::SSH::Perl. It has some dependencies that are extremely difficult to install---Math::Pari and the Crypt modules. Math::Pari is the major stumbling block. There are 64-bit rpms for pari and Math::Pari. If he can't get it to install properly, then the Crypt modules won't either; hence, the Net::SSH::Perl installation won't be satisfactory.

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Re^2: SFTP & SSH support in Red Hat AS4 by Banshee06 (Novice) on Oct 05, 2006 at 21:26 UTC
I found this on Cpan.. Is this the same things or something different? Bundle::SSH - A bundle to install modules to use SSH from Perl SYNOPSIS First you have to download and expand the PARI itself. See INSTALL PARI below. Then: perl -MCPAN -e 'force install Bundle::SSH' DESCRIPTION This bundle defines the modules you need to use SSH from Perl. Thre are two ways to do this. One is using Net::SSH which is a wrapper around the ssh command installed (or not) on your computer. It is simple to install and use but it depends on external executabel and has other drawbacks too. I have included it in this bundle. The other way which is more involved both in terms of installation and in the way you use it is called Net::SSH::Perl . It is a Perl/C implementation of the SSH protocol. This module should list all the required modules (and maybe more) to use either of the above way to ssh to another machine. It is organized in a way so it will be able to install everything without the need to install prerequsite modules	[reply]
Re^3: SFTP & SSH support in Red Hat AS4 by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Oct 05, 2006 at 22:08 UTC
Bundle::SSH is good. It can make things easier, but the problem of pari still remains. Installing pari requires a lot of time and experimentation, and the installation process varies from one machine to another because of dependencies. If the sysadmin can get pari installed right, then, by all means, try Bundle::SSH.	[reply]