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Start SSH Keyboard-Interactive Authentication

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.StartKeyboardAuth method, which begins keyboard-interactive authentication. The only argument is the login name. It returns XML describing the server's prompts and whether each response should be echoed. Answer the prompts with ContinueKeyboardAuth.

Background: Keyboard-interactive is the flexible, prompt-driven SSH method — the server sends one or more questions (a password, a one-time code, a security question) and the client answers each. It is how SSH supports two-factor and other challenge-response schemes. The returned XML tells you exactly what to ask the user and whether to mask their input.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    --  Demonstrates the Ssh.StartKeyboardAuth method, which begins keyboard-interactive
    --  authentication.  The only argument is the login name.  It returns XML describing the server's
    --  prompts and whether each response should be echoed.

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

    --  Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
    DECLARE @sshPort int
    SELECT @sshPort = 22
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'ssh.example.com', @sshPort
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    --  Begin keyboard-interactive authentication.  The returned XML describes the prompts.
    DECLARE @infoRequestXml nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'StartKeyboardAuth', @infoRequestXml OUT, 'mySshLogin'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @infoRequestXml

    --  Answer the prompt(s) with ContinueKeyboardAuth.

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'Disconnect', NULL

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh


END
GO