Net::SSH::Perl::Auth problem

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

I'm tring to automate our password changes via Net::SSH::Perl and Net::SSH::Perl::Auth

The script works fine with a hard coded login. However, when using:
my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new($server, identity_files => "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys", protocol=>'2,1'); my $auth = Net::SSH::Perl::Auth->new('RSA', $ssh);

the command: my ($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = $ssh->cmd("$cmd"); fails to change the password, but appears to return with no error(after stepping thru with the debugger, the RSA authentication looks good but when printing out the variables, I get nothing back).

I tried passing the $auth ref: my ($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = $auth->cmd("$cmd"); but this errors out. Am I missing code here?

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Re: Net::SSH::Perl::Auth problem by salva (Canon) on Mar 31, 2011 at 15:59 UTC
`~/.ssh/authorized_keys` is used by the server side to check the keys passed by the clients during authorization. AFAIK, the `identity_files` argument should point to a file containing the list of files with the private keys used for authentication. And BTW, check also Net::OpenSSH.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Net::SSH::Perl::Auth problem by kdamundson (Initiate) on Mar 31, 2011 at 16:37 UTC
OK, I don't think I understand how the module is authenticating. After you generate an RSA key, the private key, locally, is in id_rsa. You put the public key down in authorized_keys on the remote system. Is it the local identity file that I'm specifying in the call?....and the Net::SSH:Perl:Auth knows to try and authenticate to the authorized_keys file? I'll check out the Net::OpenSSH module, but if you could elaborate, that'd be great Thanks, Kyle	[reply]
Re^3: Net::SSH::Perl::Auth problem by kdamundson (Initiate) on Mar 31, 2011 at 17:19 UTC
OK, I don't think I understand how the module is authenticating. After you generate an RSA key, the private key, locally, is in id_rsa. You put the public key down in authorized_keys on the remote system. Is it the local identity file that I'm specifying in the call?....and the Net::SSH:Perl:Auth knows to try and authenticate to the authorized_keys file? I'll check out the Net::OpenSSH module, but if you could elaborate, that'd be great Thanks, Kyle	[reply]
Re^3: Net::SSH::Perl::Auth problem by salva (Canon) on Apr 01, 2011 at 09:43 UTC
Is it the local identity file that I'm specifying in the call? Yes, and reading Net::SSH::Perl docs, it seems you have to use something like... `identity_files => ['/root/.ssh/id_rsa']` [download]	[reply] [d/l]