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in thread SFTP login problems

Whoa, you are using a version of Net::SFTP::Foreign on the 0.xx series that I stopped maintaining six years ago!!!

Just install a recent version of the module.

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Re^4: SFTP login problems
by chipchidster (Initiate) on May 03, 2012 at 13:37 UTC

    Dammit! looks like i must have a rogue module somewhere then. I've just done the following: 

    
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SFTP::Foreign'
[sudo] password for purcedw1:
Reading '/root/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Wed, 02 May 2012 04:58:03 GMT
Fetching with LWP:
ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Reading '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz'
......................................................................
+......DONE
Fetching with LWP:
ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Reading '/root/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz'
  Database was generated on Thu, 03 May 2012 11:15:03 GMT
......................................................................
+......DONE
Fetching with LWP:
ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Reading '/root/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz'
......................................................................
+......DONE
Writing /root/.cpan/Metadata
Net::SFTP::Foreign is up to date (1.71).

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    Thanks for the prompt reply - i shall confirm in due course :)

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