Net::SFTP::Foreign not workign properly on AIX

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

So i've got a script using Net::SFTP::Foreign that is working on Cygwin and Solaris (with 1.53) but is not working on AIX (tried 1.53 and 1.54_01).
It does not seem to work properly when attempting to use password authentication. I've installed the latest Expect and IO::TTY.
The script is as below:

my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new(host => 'myserver', user=> 'testuse
+r', password => 'password');
$sftp->error() and die "Unable to connect to SFTP host -  Error: " . $
+sftp->error();
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Output (with 1.54_01) as follows:


Unable to connect to SFTP host -  Error: Password interchange did not 
+complete: -1 at ./module_test.pl line 56.
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I know the password to be correct as i can manually log into the sftp server with the same credentials.
Full output with more=>-v is as below:

OpenSSH_4.7p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8f 11 Oct 2007
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Failed dlopen: /usr/krb5/lib/libkrb5.a(libkrb5.a.so): Could no
+t load module /usr/krb5/lib/libkrb5.a(libkrb5.a.so).
System error: No such file or directory

debug1: Error loading Kerberos, disabling Kerberos auth.
debug1: Connecting to myserver [w.x.y.z] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/myuser/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /home/myuser/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/myuser/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version WeOnlyDo 
+2.1.0
debug1: no match: WeOnlyDo 2.1.0
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.7
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_INIT
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY
debug1: Host 'myserver' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/myuser/.ssh/known_hosts:5
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: password,publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /home/myuser/.ssh/identity
debug1: Trying private key: /home/myuser/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: /home/myuser/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Next authentication method: password
debug1: Authentications that can continue: password,publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (password,publickey).
Unable to connect to SFTP host -  Error: Password interchange did not 
+complete: -1 at ./module_test.pl line 56.
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I don't know if this points anyone in the right direction but the error i was seeing with 1.53 was different it was -

Unable to connect to SFTP host: myserver. Error: Password not requeste
+d as expected: -1 at pn4_deploy_common.pl line 210.
Permission denied (password,publickey).
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Any help would be MUCH appreciated

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Re: Net::SFTP::Foreign not workign properly on AIX by salva (Canon) on Jul 29, 2009 at 08:05 UTC
It seems that the server doesn't like the password. Are you completely sure you are using the right one? In any case, can you run your script under `strace`, or its AIX equivalent, with the required options to log the full I/O and send the output to me by email (BTW, I am the module author). If you could grant me shell access to an AIX box it would also greatly help. I don't know if this points anyone in the right direction but the error i was seeing with 1.53 was different... 1.53 was broken, it has already been removed from CPAN update: Note that the strace output will contain the password and I will be able to see it!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Net::SFTP::Foreign not workign properly on AIX by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2009 at 14:53 UTC
Email sent to salva@cpan.org - thanks!	[reply]
Re: Net::SFTP::Foreign not workign properly on AIX by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jul 29, 2009 at 02:18 UTC
I tried it with "and croak" instead of "and die". `#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Carp; use Net::SFTP::Foreign; use constant HOST => 'localhost'; my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new(HOST, more => '-v'); $sftp->error and croak "Unable to connect: " . $sftp->error;` [download] Update: Fixed typos	[reply] [d/l]