Net::SSH Update: Net::SSH::Perl

Sorry to clog again etc. but since I did see some interest last time round I thought I'd announce it: my Perl SSH client is now on CPAN as Net::SSH::Perl.

For those keeping score, here are the big nice things changed since version 0.02 (last time I posted on the subject):

Now supports four different authentication methods: RSA, Password, Rhosts, and Rhosts with RSA encryption. (Caveats on the last two being that you have to be root and run on a privileged port.)
Supports IDEA, DES, and 3DES encryption. Blowfish isn't working yet because SSH does something odd with its Blowfish.
Integrated GMP patches into Math::GMP, Chip Turner's GMP module. He released a new version, and that made that one a lot easier.
In accordance with that last, installation is now *much* easier (hopefully): choose the ciphers you want to use, and all the prereqs should be installed automatically through the CPAN shell.
Fixed bugs.

So there you are. Please use it and if you find it useful either msg me or email me (address in the README).

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Re: Net::SSH Update: Net::SSH::Perl by mirod (Canon) on Feb 21, 2001 at 12:27 UTC
It installed flawlessly on my Perl6/Mandrake7.2 Intel box, and seems to work fine, good job! You should just state in the documentation that the `cmd` method returns a list `($stdout, $stderr, $exit)`, I thought you had to use methods on the ssh object to get them and I had to go back to the source to figure out the actual behaviour.	[reply]
Re: Re: Net::SSH Update: Net::SSH::Perl by btrott (Parson) on Feb 21, 2001 at 21:17 UTC
Wonderful news about the install, thanks. :) And also thanks about the tip for the docs. Actually the docs are what I need to improve next. The `cmd` method will probably undergo some changes to make it more extensible; since that contains the main client loop, odds are users may want to do more than just grab the stdout/stderr/exit status from the command. It'll be backwards-compatible, of course, but in future versions you'll be able to register handlers for different packet types as they arrive from sshd.	[reply]
Re: Net::SSH Update: Net::SSH::Perl by SyN/AcK (Scribe) on Jul 24, 2003 at 06:51 UTC
Hmmm... I just tried to install this on my box, and I'm getting a lot of errors. I think it finally compiled, I was having trouble using perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SSH::Perl', and so I did it with the makefile. When I run it though, its saying cannot find loadable module Math::Pari in @INC.	[reply]