SFTP Authenticate with a SecureString Password

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.AuthenticateSecPw method, which authenticates using SecureString login and password objects. The first argument is the login and the second is the password.

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // Demonstrates the SFtp.AuthenticateSecPw method, which authenticates using SecureString login
  // and password objects.  The 1st argument is the login and the 2nd is the password.

  final sftp = CkSFtp();

  // Step 1: Connect the SSH transport.  Port 22 is the usual port.
  final port = 22;
  try {
    sftp.connect('sftp.example.com', port);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
  // from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
  final password = 'mySshPassword';

  // Place the login and password into SecureString objects.
  final secureLogin = CkSecureString();
  secureLogin.append('mySshLogin');
  final securePassword = CkSecureString();
  securePassword.append(password);

  try {
    sftp.authenticateSecPw(secureLogin, securePassword);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Step 3: Open the SFTP subsystem.  This must be done after authentication and before any
  // file or directory operations.
  try {
    sftp.initializeSftp();
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print('Authenticated with secure strings.');

  sftp.disconnect();
}