Net::OpenSSH mater mode is not working

leostereo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi guys.

Im using Net::OpenSSH to connect multiple times to same host , exec some commands and grab it output.

Problem is that I can not make module to work with master mode.

I have read the documentation but can not get it to work.

This is how Im creating object:

  my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new(
    $source,
    $login ? ( user => $login ) : (),
    $password ? ( password => $password ) : (),
    #external_master => 1,
    port => $port,
    timeout => 60,
    strict_mode => 0,
    kill_ssh_on_timeout => 1,
    ctl_dir => "/tmp/.libnet-openssh-perl",
    #ctl_path => "reusable_path",
    master_opts => [-o => "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"],
    ssh_cmd => $ssh_cmd
  );
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If uncommenting external_master line I get Invalid or bad combination of options ('master_opts')

If uncommenting ctrl_path, I get "ControlSocket reusable_path already exists, disabling multiplexing",

Dont know what to try ... I thought module needs to find existing path so it can reuse but no.

Any help wouls be wellcome.

Leandro

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Re: Net::OpenSSH mater mode is not working by salva (Canon) on Sep 30, 2020 at 16:28 UTC
You have to remove the `master_opts` line. You are telling the module you are using an already existent master process, so it doesn't accept options telling it how to create a new one. In any case, using an external master is not very common. Are you sure it is really what you want?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Net::OpenSSH mater mode is not working by leostereo (Beadle) on Oct 01, 2020 at 13:17 UTC
Ok , I will try to clear my goal. If I append: `Host * controlmaster auto controlpath /tmp/ssh-%r@%h:%p` [download] to ssh_config file, Then I can: ssh host@ip:port to my server multiple times , and from the server side, I will only see only one active connection (the first one). I would like to achieve samething using OpenSSH perl module. What I can see is that openssh module creates random sockets , so it will never reuse an existing one (please add your opinion here) like: [root@smokeping probes]# ls -altr /tmp/.libnet-openssh-perl/ total 8 drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 4096 Oct 1 10:02 .. srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 77920c754112ab47c6163bcfc58 +bed18 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 0c600465ef924c5229c418a8871 +b9d36 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 e675b23529a57eb7b59e85a7237 +7df74 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 e4690abec752975a4476dd63232 +19814 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 d3e28b44e996a2c3858850156cc +3b238 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 24c7eb01f6b8e230db4e7ad7464 +6cc54 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 8146e02629748a287f979c16827 +6b114 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 6a7ebf7458398a282a947479de0 +14edc srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 6c1ebc546764c1bfbd755d1820d +bf5a5 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 67d4449c8336035d4bc66fccf47 +ceddf srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 af933a70fa19f2e0631dd381587 +d9797 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 09653a62f88e4954a6ba2c85a74 +37400 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 b8b2ecc3c59c9bd14a147b0f4e4 +ebb01 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 c9eb9ff5c25c1ea8bf8ae6fa0a9 +e6550 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 966185842d9ab1ff5ce17afd3c9 +51893 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 cf32ef2944cab6c8aeb5055b1a6 +72ee3 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 a6c87213c639efca7be3d902b97 +f14ca srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 7c903101f2588c0d59ba1951806 +ab423 srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 0d8fe313c0fe25601df92bd10f5 +5f48a srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 5073e76ae24b05de392b4b12577 +7138e srw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 1 10:02 a3c0acb9d2765801610a1c80c88 +e8086 [download] So ... I dont know whow to tweak it to work as I want. Should I force openssh module to create allways same socket and then add the propper rule to ssh_config system file ? or both , perl module and ssh system client does nothing to do between them ? Ok , hope to be more clear about my task. Thanks.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Net::OpenSSH mater mode is not working by salva (Canon) on Oct 01, 2020 at 17:55 UTC
Net::OpenSSH does not support the mode of operation where the master is reused if available or otherwise, a new one is created. The reason is that doing it in a reliable way is pretty hard, there are lots of race conditions and edge cases that should be handled. On the other hand it is something I had never found too useful.	[reply]
Re: Net::OpenSSH mater mode is not working by perlfan (Vicar) on Sep 30, 2020 at 18:25 UTC
You can further simplify this by utilizing a local ssh config, `man 5 ssh_config`, namely the `master_opts => [-o => "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"]` line. It certainly depends on the environment and control of the remote host, but you can also likely eliminate `$login ? ( user => $login ) : ()`, `$password ? ( password => $password ) : ()`, and `port => $port,` by leveraging the ssh config.	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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