SSH Authenticate with a Password

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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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    success := false

    //  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.

    ssh := chilkat.NewSsh()

    //  Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
    sshPort := 22
    success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",sshPort)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        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.
    password := "mySshPassword"

    success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Authenticated.")

    ssh.Disconnect()

    ssh.DisposeSsh()