Net::SCP RSA passwords on ActiveState

[diskcrash]

Wise Monks,

For testing purposes I am using ActiveState Perl on WindowsXP for secure file transfers. I have downloaded the Net::SCP module with ppm and would like to use it non-interactively to grab short status files from an FC4 Linux system. The script doc advises the installation of a public key, generated by ssh-keygen from the remote system. What I have not been able to determine is where the public key should be stored on the XP system for Net::SCP to locate and use it. Looking at the SCP and SSH .pm files didn't provide a clue. Most goo-guidance is for Linux usage and doesn't map to XP. I try the script and get no errors and no files transferred, when the public key file is in the local directory. Any advice would be most appreciated.

David Drake

[idsfa]

The Net::SCP module depends upon you having one or another or yet another implementation of scp already installed on your system. Since each of those (and any other options that might exist) use a different convention as to where they store their key files, it will be hard to help you without knowing which tool you are using.

If you do not yet have a version of scp installed, I would recommend CygWin (since it is free and ends up looking pretty linux-y). If you do that, don't install or use their version of perl.

Alternately, you could use Net::SSH::Perl and do it purely in perl. The pscp script that comes with it should get you started ...