[Ssh-sftp-perl-users] Problems with perl sftp after migration to Centos 4.2

[Rick R. <ric...@we...>]

Hi,

I'm in the process of moving some scripts from an old Redhat Enterprise
Linux 3.0 server to a more modern CentOS 4.2 server.

I used the CPAN module to install Net::SFTP (along with Net::SSH::Perl
and yada yada yada), and unfortunately, i cannot get my scripts to work.

This particular perl script runs by a specific user who has ssh keys set
up to automatically log in to a remote server to do file transfers.

I have verified that I can use command line ssh and sftp to connect to
the remote server.

However, when I attempt to use my perl script to handle the work, it
errors while making the connection.

Basically, the following line:

my $sftp = Net::SFTP->new($hostname) or error_exit("Unable to connect to
$hostname via Net::SFTP");

causes the script to hang for a minute or so and then results in the
following error message:

Connection closed by remote host. at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/Net/SSH/Perl/AuthMgr.pm line 43

Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

Rick