Dart

SSH Authenticate with a Password

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.AuthenticatePw method, which authenticates a connected SSH session with a login name and password. The first argument is the login and the second is the password. Call Connect first.

Background: Password authentication is the simplest SSH method, but the password is a secret and should never be a hard-coded literal — obtain it from an interactive prompt, an environment variable, or a secrets vault. On failure, inspect AuthFailReason to distinguish a bad password from a not-connected or already-authenticated state. Public-key authentication is generally preferred for automated jobs.

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import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // Demonstrates the Ssh.AuthenticatePw method, which authenticates a connected SSH session with
  // a login name and password.  The 1st argument is the login and the 2nd is the password.

  final ssh = CkSsh();

  // Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
  final sshPort = 22;
  try {
    ssh.connect('ssh.example.com', sshPort);
  } 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';

  try {
    ssh.authenticatePw('mySshLogin', password);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print('Authenticated.');

  ssh.disconnect();
}