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SFTP Authenticate with a Password

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

Background: Password authentication is the simplest SFTP 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. Public-key authentication is generally preferred for automated jobs. Note the fixed ordering: authentication happens between Connect and InitializeSftp.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Demonstrates the SFtp.AuthenticatePw method, which authenticates the connected session with a
//  login name and password.  The 1st argument is the login and the 2nd is the password.

loSftp = createobject("CkSFtp")

//  Step 1: Connect the SSH transport.  Port 22 is the usual port.
lnPort = 22
llSuccess = loSftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",lnPort)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

//  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.
lcPassword = "mySshPassword"

llSuccess = loSftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",lcPassword)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

//  Step 3: Open the SFTP subsystem.  This must be done after authentication and before any
//  file or directory operations.
llSuccess = loSftp.InitializeSftp()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

? "Authenticated with a password."

loSftp.Disconnect()


release loSftp