I don't think it's about setting options... show us your code so we could know what's you are talking about.

Normally your command should be something like $session_obj->system('cd /home/...') or die $session_obj->error;

If it says directory doesn't exists then you might have some spelling error.

Here is the code I'm using for capturing the command:

my ($out,$err) = $self->{connected}->capture2($params->{cmd});
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I double checked the spelling to make sure it wasn't that, copy/paste style. Same command works by hand. Could it be because I need to quote the command? I have a command list that I loop through gathering the result output

cd /home/sitest/Scripts.....
tclsh test_script.tcl
./check_network.pl
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You could try some easier path like '/' first and work your way up if that succeeds. One possibility would be some invisible characters in your path string, that can happen if you read that path from a file, for example

PS: What ahmad meant with 'Show us your code' was more along a minimal runnable script that exhibits the problem. Then someone here could run your script with a different ssh-server and report if the script basically works or not

Sorry, it's part of a large application I'm building so I dummed it down to a simple test:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::OpenSSH;

my $username = 'user';
my $password = 'password';
my $params;
$params->{cmd} = "cd /home/user/scripts";
my $session_obj;
$session_obj = Net::OpenSSH->new("x.x.x.x", user => $username, passwor
+d => $password, strict_mode => 0,master_opts => [ -o => "StrictHostKe
+yChecking=no"]);
$session_obj->error and die "ssh failed: " . $session_obj->error;
my ($out,$err) = $session_obj->capture2({timeout => 30}, $params->{cmd
+});
print "THE OUT IS $out\nTHE ERROR IS $err\n";
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Tried your code and it worked. I used 'cd /usr/local/bin; ls' and got the expected listing

You haven't said if you tried 'cd /' or something else like 'ls' as commands. Did that work or not?

The FAQ of Net::OpenSSH informs us that the module uses ssh in command mode, i.e. it logs in for each new command string. Using Expect together with Net::OpenSSH or other ssh modules is offered as a solution, it should use interactive mode.

You could also just join commands together with ';', for example "cd /usr/local/bin; ls; mv $somefile $otherfile". Low-tech but simple.

It seems that I have two different problems. The first problem is how do I get successive commands to work as if the user is inside the shell or pseudo terminal. If I used the above script and add a second capture line after the first with the command "pwd" I still see the directory as /home/user which means each command is unique to the home directory. So I guess I need to know how to combine command sets........the 2nd error is the bash cd error, but I don't see that same error with my small local script.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::OpenSSH;

my $host     = 'host';
my $username = 'user';
my $password = 'pass';
my $cmd1     = 'cd /home/tests/Scripts/TestCaseScripts';
my $cmd2     = 'ls';

my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new($host,
          user        => $username, 
          password    => $password, 
          timeout     => 30,  
          strict_mode => 0,
          master_opts => [ -o => "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"]);
$ssh->error and 
  die "ssh failed: " . $ssh->error;
$ssh->system($cmd1) or
  die "remote command failed: " . $ssh->error;
my ($out,$err) = $ssh->capture($cmd1);
$ssh->error and
  die "remote command failed: " . $ssh->error;
$ssh->system($cmd2) or
  die "remote command failed: " . $ssh->error;
($out, $err) = $ssh->capture2($cmd2);
$ssh->error and
  die "remote command failed: " . $ssh->error;
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