ssh2_auth_hostbased_file

(PECL ssh2 >= 0.9.0)

ssh2_auth_hostbased_fileAuthenticate using a public hostkey

Description

ssh2_auth_hostbased_file(
    resource $session,
    string $username,
    string $hostname,
    string $pubkeyfile,
    string $privkeyfile,
    string $passphrase = ?,
    string $local_username = ?
): bool

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