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SFTP Public-Key Authentication (id_ed25519)

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Demonstrates how to authenticate with an SSH/SFTP server using publickey authentication with an Ed25519 private key (id_ed25519).

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

let key = chilkat::SshKey::new();

// The id_ed25519 file should contain something like this:
// (You can open it in a text editor..)

// -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
// b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAACmFlczI1Ni1jdHIAAAAGYmNyeXB0AAAAGAAAABDIeK9+Xw
// 6Do9gnhtrJu5iJAAAAZAAAAAEAAAAzAAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMh/Ge7fjQCssmVd
// BqjYZbRAI0pY8IrnB6J1yLetq34OAAAAoMVP7cvy4hTiAINA3I4v55OonkpKza8mzfUW18
// RDQeYL3ovCVaAYOGcCpf/SW3QiY6tnXq+5WDEfJ7Z/kQ0nl2+1wSLOytxpyO+IY0rRtLrX
// 6e/agR4nbZpt/MFG6xqcNASbtDgg+9IWGvDrtXOLFofx07/zml+UjFL0tXRpCjOxeqKyXH
// t8SRgdT97d9/bYPwapaXY+b2DVVy5/LVx4Sq8=
// -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

let Ok(priv_key_text) = key.load_text("c:/temp/id_ed25519") else {
    println!("{}", key.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// If your private key was saved encrypted, then you'll need the password.
// In this example, the password "blahblah" is valid for the above key -- which is a real Ed25519 key generated/saved from puttygen.
key.set_password("blahblah");

if key.from_open_ssh_private_key(&priv_key_text).is_err() {
    println!("{}", key.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let sftp = chilkat::SFtp::new();

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.set_connect_timeout_ms(5000);
sftp.set_idle_timeout_ms(15000);

let hostname = "sftp.example.com".to_string();
let port = 22;
if sftp.connect(&hostname, port).is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
// both password-based authenication as well as public-key
// authentication.  
if sftp.authenticate_pk("myLogin", &key).is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
println!("Public-Key Authentication Successful!");

// Now go do whatever you're app needs to do...