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ssh2_auth_hostbased_file(3) [php man page]

SSH2_AUTH_HOSTBASED_FILE(3)						 1					       SSH2_AUTH_HOSTBASED_FILE(3)

ssh2_auth_hostbased_file - Authenticate using a public hostkey

SYNOPSIS
bool ssh2_auth_hostbased_file (resource $session, string $username, string $hostname, string $pubkeyfile, string $privkeyfile, [string $passphrase], [string $local_username]) DESCRIPTION
Authenticate using a public hostkey read from a file. PARAMETERS
o $session - An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect(3). o $username - o $hostname - o $pubkeyfile - o $privkeyfile - o $passphrase - If $privkeyfile is encrypted (which it should be), the passphrase must be provided. o $local_username - If $local_username is omitted, then the value for $username will be used for it. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Authentication using a public hostkey <?php $connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22, array('hostkey'=>'ssh-rsa')); if (ssh2_auth_hostbased_file($connection, 'remoteusername', 'myhost.example.com', '/usr/local/etc/hostkey_rsa.pub', '/usr/local/etc/hostkey_rsa', 'secret', 'localusername')) { echo "Public Key Hostbased Authentication Successful "; } else { die('Public Key Hostbased Authentication Failed'); } ?> NOTES
Note ssh2_auth_hostbased_file(3) requires libssh2 >= 0.7 and PHP/SSH2 >= 0.7 PHP Documentation Group SSH2_AUTH_HOSTBASED_FILE(3)

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libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile(3)				  libssh2 manual			    libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile(3)

NAME
libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile - authenticate a session with a public key, read from a file SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h> int libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *username, const char *publickey, const char *privatekey, const char *passphrase); DESCRIPTION
session - Session instance as returned by libssh2_session_init_ex(3) username - Remote user name to authenticate as. username_len - Length of username. publickey - Path and name of public key file. (e.g. /etc/ssh/hostkey.pub) privatekey - Path and name of private key file. (e.g. /etc/ssh/hostkey) passphrase - Passphrase to use when decoding private key file. Attempt public key authentication using a PEM encoded private key file stored on disk RETURN VALUE
Return 0 on success or negative on failure. It returns LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative number, it isn't really a failure per se. ERRORS
LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC - An internal memory allocation call failed. LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND - Unable to send data on socket. LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT - LIBSSH2_ERROR_PUBLICKEY_UNVERIFIED - The username/public key combination was invalid. LIBSSH2_ERROR_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED - Authentication using the supplied public key was not accepted. SEE ALSO
libssh2_session_init_ex(3) libssh2 0.15 1 Jun 2007 libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile(3)
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