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Get the SSH Server's Authentication Methods

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.GetAuthMethods method, which queries a connected but unauthenticated SSH server for the authentication methods it advertises. It takes no arguments and returns a lowercase, comma-separated list such as publickey,password,keyboard-interactive. Call it after Connect and before authenticating.

Background: Knowing what the server accepts lets a client choose the right authentication path — for example, falling back to keyboard-interactive when password auth is not offered. Note the documented connection side effect: querying methods advances the SSH authentication state, so call it at the correct point in the sequence.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ssh
integer li_SshPort
string ls_Methods

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the Ssh.GetAuthMethods method, which queries a connected but unauthenticated SSH
//  server for the authentication methods it advertises.  It takes no arguments and returns a
//  lowercase, comma-separated list such as "publickey,password,keyboard-interactive".

loo_Ssh = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Ssh.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Ssh")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Ssh
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

//  Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
li_SshPort = 22
li_Success = loo_Ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",li_SshPort)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ssh.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ssh
    return
end if

//  Query the advertised authentication methods.  Call after Connect, before authenticating.
ls_Methods = loo_Ssh.GetAuthMethods()
if loo_Ssh.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ssh.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ssh
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Server auth methods: " + ls_Methods

loo_Ssh.Disconnect()


destroy loo_Ssh