Net::SSH fails to connect

Question

I've written a ruby script to do some work on a remote host. Running it from a Mac with 10.6. The IP works fine with a manual ssh -l devacct 10.10.10.10, but as you can see it fails in the script.

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/ssh'

Net::SSH.start("10.10.10.10", "devacct", :password => "password1") do |ssh|
end

Fails horribly with:

/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/net-ssh-2.1.4/lib/net/ssh/transport/session.rb:65:in `initialize': getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known (SocketError)

Any ideas? :)

Kind Regards

"Any ideas?" Yes. (scuttles off to try logging in to 10.10.10.10. :-) — the Tin Man, Apr 11 '11 at 23:59
@Tin Man - I changed the IP to protect our top secret servers :) — willcodejavaforfood, Apr 12 '11 at 08:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 11 '11 at 10:53

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Normaly this exception is thrown if the hostname can't be resolved. Make sure the ip adress you try to connect to is correct and reachable.

answered Apr 11 '11 at 10:53

Nikolaus Gradwohl

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The IP is real and it works when I do a manual ssh. thanks for your answer – willcodejavaforfood Apr 11 '11 at 11:07
OK you were right, it failed deeper inside the script on another ssh.start :) – willcodejavaforfood Apr 11 '11 at 11:50

Net::SSH fails to connect

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