Re^4: NET::SFTP::Foreign in perl

Dear Salva, Is there any way I can use Net::SFTP::Foreign (version 1.54) to connect to remote machine and then execute a shell script or any other command on the remote machine.

I tried
my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new('user@10.21.1.176', password => $pass, open2_cmd => 'mkdir perl_sftp');

But it gave me an error
- Invalid option 'host' or bad combination of options at sftpCompatEx.pl line 21

thanks

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Re^5: NET::SFTP::Foreign in perl by salva (Canon) on Jul 29, 2009 at 08:29 UTC
No, the SFTP protocol does not allow arbitrary execution of commands on the remote side. My other module Net::OpenSSH, that integrates nicely with Net::SFTP::Foreign would allow you to do so. It needs a recent OpenSSH client and only works on Linux/Unix. Another options are Net::SSH2 (not completely stable yet) and Net::SSH::Perl. update: BTW, you can not run arbitrary commands on the remote side but you can create directories if that is all you want: `$sftp->mkdir('/foo/bar');` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: NET::SFTP::Foreign in perl by runrig (Abbot) on Jul 28, 2009 at 16:01 UTC
That option runs a command on the local machine. You want to use SSH to run commands on the remote machine, not SFTP. Update: salva is right though, SFTP does do mkdir	[reply]
Re^6: NET::SFTP::Foreign in perl by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2009 at 05:30 UTC
Thanks for the info	[reply]