Authenticate an SSH Tunnel with a Password

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Demonstrates Socket.SshAuthenticatePw, which authenticates an SSH tunnel session using a login and password. Call SshOpenTunnel first.

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    DECLARE @socket int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Socket', @socket OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @socket, 'SshOpenTunnel', @success OUT, 'ssh.example.com', 22
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @socket, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        RETURN
      END

    --  Authenticate the SSH tunnel session with a login and password.
    --  The SSH password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
    DECLARE @sshPassword nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @sshPassword = 'mySshPassword'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @socket, 'SshAuthenticatePw', @success OUT, 'sshUser', @sshPassword
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @socket, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT 'SSH authentication succeeded.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket


END
GO