Perl script to run scp cmd

[CherylD]

I have a perl script that securely transfers a file from the machine that is runnign the script to another. I am using the linux scp command. I have secure keys generated on both machines and via command line the scp command works, within the script it doesn't. Here is what the script is doing:
system('/usr/bin/scp -B file othermachine:/otherdirectory/');

Here is what I get in the error log:
Could not create directory '/var/

http://www/.ssh'.

Host key verification failed.
lost connection

Via command line the output is:
dodns.cgi 100% |***************| 2748 00:00

Any ideas?

 

[tviman]

It's been a while since I worked with Unix but it appears to me that the system is trying to load to or create a directory with a name that starts with a period (dot). I may be mistaken but as I recall, this is reserved for filenames and can't be used for directories. There's always a better way...

 

[jamisar]

you have wrong HOME dirs defined in /etc/passwd || nis vox clamantis in deserto.