Network Programming

i am doing a project in remote monitoring of remote systems
.. i have
to do client server programming .. i have to write the code
for the
following to be xecuted on the server ..

.. setting  the times at the clients
.. patch installation at  the client machines
.. file system management of clients
.. getting the status of the deamons running and starting
and stopping
them
.. changing root passwords of the clients

all the codes have to be written in perl and to be executed
on the
server.. can i get any help???

http://search.cpan.org/
type in Net
Select Modules from drop-down.
Hit CPAN Search.
Start reading.
Post again when you have more specific questions.

Cheers.

Afterthought.
If you are doing true client-server programming, you will
likely be
interested in IO::Socket and IO::All modules.  

Cheers.
-p