Hello knovicki, I am also an Oracle DBA who uses perl to simplify things. While I don't know for sure what the issue is, what is the output from the following code? (I'm just looking to make sure the Net::FTP install is ok.)

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Dumper;
use Net::FTP;

my $ftp=Net::FTP->new('svr123', Debug => 0);

print Dumper($ftp);
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Update I did run your code on one of my servers, and it worked just fine (well, I used a different server and password. *Grins*)

Are you seeing svr123's banner output in the debug lines? For example, I get:

Net::FTP: Net::FTP(2.56)
Net::FTP:   Exporter(5.562)
Net::FTP:   Net::Cmd(2.18)
Net::FTP:   IO::Socket::INET(1.25)
Net::FTP:     IO::Socket(1.26)
Net::FTP:       IO::Handle(1.21)

Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-Server: <svr123>    -Server 
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-Time:   Tue Sep 28 09:36:32 2004
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-"This system is for authorized busines
+s use only.  Under the
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, 
+it is a federal crime to
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-obtain information from or cause damag
+e to a computer used in
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-interstate commerce when that computer
+ is accessed without
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-authorization or in excess of authoriz
+ed access.  Unauthorized
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-use of this equipment or system is str
+ictly prohibited.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220-
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 220 <svr123> FTP server (Revision 1.002 Ve
+rsion wuftpd-2.6.1 Wed Jan  2 06:26:08 GMT 2002) ready.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)>>> user oracle
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 331 Password required for oracle.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)>>> PASS ....
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 230 User oracle logged in.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)>>> CWD /tmp
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 250 CWD command successful.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)>>> PORT <removed>
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 200 PORT command successful.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)>>> STOR t.pl
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for
+ t.pl.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 226 Transfer complete.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)>>> QUIT
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 221-You have transferred 242 bytes in 1 fi
+les.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 221-Total traffic for this session was 115
+9 bytes in 1 transfers.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 221-Thank you for using the FTP service on
+ <svr123>.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x182575c)<<< 221 Goodbye.
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