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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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#include <CkSshW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  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.

    CkSshW ssh;

    //  Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
    int sshPort = 22;
    success = ssh.Connect(L"ssh.example.com",sshPort);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Begin keyboard-interactive authentication.  The returned XML describes the prompts.
    const wchar_t *infoRequestXml = ssh.startKeyboardAuth(L"mySshLogin");
    if (ssh.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",infoRequestXml);

    //  Answer the prompt(s) with ContinueKeyboardAuth.

    ssh.Disconnect();
    }