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

I am using Net::SFTP::Foreign in a script to connect to multiple remote servers. I have successfully used the key_path argument to connect to the first server using the DSA key: 

%args =         (user=>$f_user,
                key_path=>'/path/to/id_dsa',
                port=>$port);

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But I need a the RSA key to connect to the next server. Is it possible to load both keys in to the key_path? If so, what is the syntax?

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Re: Net::SFTP::Foreign key_path
by salva (Canon) on Mar 15, 2012 at 17:07 UTC
    As you have to create a Net::SFTP::Foreign object for every remote server, just use the correct arguments for every host. 
    $sftp1 = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new($host1, key_path => '/path/to/id_dsa'
+);
$sftp2 = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new($host1, key_path => '/path/to/id_rsa'
+);
...

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    You can also put that information on ~/.ssh/config (see ssh_config).
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