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.\" $Id: libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex.3,v 1.1 2009/03/16 14:40:37 bagder Exp $
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.TH libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile 3 "1 Jun 2007" "libssh2 0.15" "libssh2 manual"
.SH NAME
libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile - authenticate a session with a public key, read from a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>
int
libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *username, unsigned int username_len, const char *publickey, const char *privatekey, const char *passphrase);
int
libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *username, const char *publickey, const char *privatekey, const char *passphrase);
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIsession\fP - Session instance as returned by
.BR libssh2_session_init(3)
\fIusername\fP - Remote user name to authenticate as.
\fIusername_len\fP - Length of username.
\fIpublickey\fP - Path and name of public key file. (e.g. /etc/ssh/hostkey.pub)
\fIprivatekey\fP - Path and name of private key file. (e.g. /etc/ssh/hostkey)
\fIpassphrase\fP - Passphrase to use when decoding private key file.
Attempt public key authentication using a PEM encoded private key file stored on disk
.SH 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.
.SH ERRORS
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC\fP - An internal memory allocation call failed.
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND\fP - Unable to send data on socket.
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT\fP -
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_PUBLICKEY_UNRECOGNIZED\fP - >The username/public key
combination was invalid.
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_PUBLICKEY_UNVERIFIED\fP - The username/public key
combination was invalid, or the signature for the supplied public
key was invalid.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libssh2_session_init(3)