Perl (NET::SSH2 on Windows)

Webmonkey

Hi There,

Before I go crazy, has anyone actually got SSH to work on a Windows Platform?

I've tried Net::SSH::Perl and Net::SSH::W32Perl modules but they were a nightmare with all the dependencies on all the Math Modules which seem impossible to install? - so I tried Net::SSH2.

With this you must have OpenSSL installed which I have no problem, and libssl. Problem with libssl is I must compile it - having difficulty there and seems to be no compiled binary version anywhere!

I'm about to give up getting SSH working via Perl - I need to remotely log into a machine and run a command. I was thinking maybe doing it in something else such as C and then just calling this from the Perl script and retrieving the result from the command executed on the machine.

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas? - this is horrible!

Webmonkey

Ok I discovered the problem and I'll give the solution.

You must use ActiveState Perl Version 5.8 - ActivePerl-5.8.8.822-MSWin32-x86-280952.msi (I had the latest version) Once you have this done you must then use ppm to install the modules. Don't do it manually.

cmd>ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Net-SSH-W32Perl.ppd

This will give you all the dependencies such as Math::GMP / Pari / All the Crypto stuff etc. These can all be installed from that site.

I've finally got everything working.

 use Net::SSH::W32Perl;
 $ENV{HOME} = "C:/";
 my $host = 'localhost';
 my $ssh = new Net::SSH::W32Perl($host);
 print $ssh->login('administrator', '');

Havn't done much with regards to commands and retrieving the output etc but I can see this being incredibly useful.

Hope this helps others.

Cantab.

Webmonkey wrote: »

Hi There,

Before I go crazy, has anyone actually got SSH to work on a Windows Platform?

I've tried Net::SSH::Perl and Net::SSH::W32Perl modules but they were a nightmare with all the dependencies on all the Math Modules which seem impossible to install? - so I tried Net::SSH2.

With this you must have OpenSSL installed which I have no problem, and libssl. Problem with libssl is I must compile it - having difficulty there and seems to be no compiled binary version anywhere!

I'm about to give up getting SSH working via Perl - I need to remotely log into a machine and run a command. I was thinking maybe doing it in something else such as C and then just calling this from the Perl script and retrieving the result from the command executed on the machine.

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas? - this is horrible!

I've not much experience with Perl modules on Windows...

I imagine it's a straightforward case of general module installation? (But as we all know with Perl, 1-2% of the time, the installation can be a bit hariy)

What errors are you getting?

Have you set your PERL5LIB path correctly? You need to point to the ./blib/lib directory (sometimes you also need to point to the directory containing relevant .so files)

Webmonkey

^ Just after sorting the problem in my 2nd post - Cheers anyways.