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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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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.

local ssh = chilkat.Ssh.new()

-- Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
local sshPort = 22
local success = ssh:connect("ssh.example.com", sshPort)
if not success then
    print(ssh.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- 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.
local password = "mySshPassword"

success = ssh:authenticate_pw("mySshLogin", password)
if not success then
    print(ssh.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Authenticated.")

ssh:disconnect()