SFTP on Solaris 2.7

[ChipmunkCHeeks]

I have updated to the latest version of Net::SFTP 0.09, also updating Net::SSH::Perl to 1.28. This includes any prerequisites needed for succesful builds & test. I configured Net::SSH::Perl with both SSH1 & SSH2 and using Blowfish for encrytion.

When I issue the following commands:

%args = (user => $serverId, password => $serverPass);
$sftp = Net::SFTP->new($serverName, %args);

with $serverId & $serverPass defined, I get:

Permission denied at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/Net/SFTP.pm 
+line 62

I can login successfully to sftp via command line.
Any clues would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

[waswas-fng]

Check your user and pass, line 62 is where is tries to auth against the server -- and you are getting a permission denied.

[BaldPenguin]

I know that the SSH protocol defaults to 3des for encryption, if you are using blowfish by default, you may have to set that in the ssh_config. Net::SFTP passes that list into the Net::SSH::Perl sub that makes the connection;

# UNTESTED

my %args = ( 
    'user'       => $serverId, 
    'password'   => $serverPass, 
    'ssh_args'   => { 'cipher' => 'blowfish, },
);
my $stfp = Net::SFTP->new( $serverName, %args );

Update: ssh_config s/b ssh_args

You could also set the debug values for better messages;

my %args = ( 
    'user'       => $serverId, 
    'password'   => $serverPass, 
    'debug'      => 1,
);
my $stfp = Net::SFTP->new( $serverName, %args );

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Edit by castaway: Closed small tag in signature

[salva]

if you can use public/private pairs of keys instead of user/login for authentication, try Net::SFTP::Foreign. It uses the native ssh binary to stablish the connection to the server instead of Net::SSH::Perl and so it is more robust and doesn't require a bunch of additional modules to work.