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Authenticate using a public hostkey
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ssh2_auth_hostbased_file

(PECL ssh2 >= 0.9.0)

ssh2_auth_hostbased_fileAuthenticate using a public hostkey

Description

bool ssh2_auth_hostbased_file ( resource $session , string $username , string $hostname , string $pubkeyfile , string $privkeyfile [, string $passphrase [, string $local_username ]] )

Authenticate using a public hostkey read from a file.

Parameters

session

An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect().

username

hostname

pubkeyfile

privkeyfile

passphrase

If privkeyfile is encrypted (which it should be), the passphrase must be provided.

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\n";
} else {
  die(
'Public Key Hostbased Authentication Failed');
}
?>

Notes

Note:

ssh2_auth_hostbased_file() requires libssh2 >= 0.7 and PHP/SSH2 >= 0.7


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