if password is set for our account , then will it use the publick keys?

Also in the NET::SFTP module in SFTP they have mentioned under "password " as "if you use public key authentication, this argument is unused" .

Check with your vendor concerning auth methods. In my case, my vendors gave me a password when I registered, so I use passwords to connect. Also, if you are using public keys, then yes, Net::SFTP will ignore the password and use public keys, if it is set up correctly.

Khen
if we use password to authenticate , will it use the public keys then..(just wanted to know) iused the following piece of code , it seems to connect and sending the "ls" command, but i am not getting any reply back

use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::SSH::Perl;

my $host = "217.154.215.76";
my $user = "etrade";
my $cmd = "ls rolling*";

my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new($host, debug => 1, identity_files => ["/
+etrade/home/ibia_ir/.ssh/id_rsa"], protocol=>'2,1');
$ssh->login($user);

my($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = $ssh->cmd($cmd);

print "$stdout";
print "$stderr";
print "$exit";
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