[Ssh-sftp-perl-users] Net::SSH::Perl hanging

[Chris r <lit...@ya...>]

I've got a script that connects to various servers to
run some admin commands. It works for the most part,
but upon hitting certain servers it seems to hang
waiting for the command to finish.
im just using the standard syntax... 

$ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new($BACKSERVER, port => '22');
$ssh->login("$user", "$pass");
($out, $err, $exit) = $ssh->cmd("somecommand");

I've tried piping and sending the command output to
the background and null, it helps on one server but
not another and my script hangs unable to finish.

($out, $err, $exit) = $ssh->cmd("somecommand &");
($out, $err, $exit) = $ssh->cmd("somecommand >
/dev/null &");

Any workarounds on how to get the command to return
and continue on with execution would help.
Thanks.