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SSH Authenticate with a SecureString Password and Private Key

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.AuthenticateSecPwPk method, which performs the same combined password/private-key authentication as AuthenticatePwPk but receives the username and password as SecureString objects. The third argument is the SshKey private key.

Note: The private-key path is relative to the application's current working directory. Supply the path to your own key file.

Background: This is the SecureString form of multi-factor SSH authentication: the password is held encrypted in memory and combined with a private key for servers that require both. It is the most protective option when a deployment mandates two-factor SSH and you also want to minimize plaintext credential exposure in the process.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the Ssh.AuthenticateSecPwPk method, which authenticates using SecureString login
    //  and password objects together with a private key.  The 1st argument is the username, the 2nd
    //  is the password, and the 3rd is an SshKey private key.

    var ssh = new chilkat.Ssh();

    //  Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
    var sshPort = 22;
    success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",sshPort);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(ssh.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.
    var password = "mySshPassword";

    //  Load the SSH private key.  LoadText reads the file's text, which is then imported.
    var privKey = new chilkat.SshKey();
    var keyStr = privKey.LoadText("qa_data/id_rsa");
    if (privKey.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(privKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = privKey.FromOpenSshPrivateKey(keyStr);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(privKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Place the login and password into SecureString objects.
    var secureLogin = new chilkat.SecureString();
    secureLogin.Append("mySshLogin");
    var securePassword = new chilkat.SecureString();
    securePassword.Append(password);

    success = ssh.AuthenticateSecPwPk(secureLogin,securePassword,privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(ssh.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Authenticated.");

    ssh.Disconnect();

}

chilkatExample();