[The Jackal]

Soz was away for lunch...

take a looksie @ perldoc RPC::XML::Client

use the following example to get up n running.


NAME
RPC::XML::Client - An XML-RPC client class

SYNOPSIS
require RPC::XML;
require RPC::XML::Client;

$cli = RPC::XML::Client->new('http://www.localhost.net/RPCSERV');
$resp = $cli->send_request('system.listMethods');

print ref $resp ? join(', ', @{$resp->value}) : "Error: $resp";

DESCRIPTION
This is an XML-RPC client built upon the RPC::XML data classes, and

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#!/usr/bin/perl

require RPC::XML;
require RPC::XML::Client;

$cli = RPC::XML::Client->new('http://www.localhost.net/RPCSERV');
$cli->send_request('authenticate',RPC_STRING('user'),RP C_STRING('pass'));
$resp = $cli->send_request('system.listMethods');

print ref $resp ? join(', ', @{$resp->value}) : "Error: $resp";

EDIT : I made up the authenticate line try it with and without the RPC_STRING wrapper