Re: Error with Net::SFTP:Foreign

I haven't used Net::SFTP::Foreign before, but I have run into similar problems.

Usually this type of problem comes from your script consulting a different known_hosts file than your command line. EG your command line runs as a user and your script runs as root. One option is to insert the host keys for all the hosts in the /etc/ssh/known_hosts file. That way it won't matter which user the script is running as. See ssh-keyscan for details.

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Re^2: Error with Net::SFTP:Foreign by ScooterTrash (Novice) on Aug 11, 2010 at 18:59 UTC
Thanks for the reply. I thought about that issue and in the script I checked the user id I am executing as and it is root. In root's home directory I have the .ssh/known_hosts file with the key in it. If I remove the key and execute the sftp from the command line it detects there is no current key and prompts if I want to add it. I reply with yes and it adds the key. I will try adding the /etc/ssh/known_hosts to see if that helps.	[reply]

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Re^2: Error with Net::SFTP:Foreign
by ScooterTrash (Novice) on Aug 11, 2010 at 18:59 UTC

Thanks for the reply. I thought about that issue and in the script I checked the user id I am executing as and it is root. In root's home directory I have the .ssh/known_hosts file with the key in it. If I remove the key and execute the sftp from the command line it detects there is no current key and prompts if I want to add it. I reply with yes and it adds the key. I will try adding the /etc/ssh/known_hosts to see if that helps.

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