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SSH Authenticate with a Password

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.AuthenticatePw method, which authenticates a connected SSH session with a login name and password. The first argument is the login and the second is the password. Call Connect first.

Background: Password authentication is the simplest SSH method, but the password is a secret and should never be a hard-coded literal — obtain it from an interactive prompt, an environment variable, or a secrets vault. On failure, inspect AuthFailReason to distinguish a bad password from a not-connected or already-authenticated state. Public-key authentication is generally preferred for automated jobs.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates the Ssh.AuthenticatePw method, which authenticates a connected SSH session with
'  a login name and password.  The 1st argument is the login and the 2nd is the password.

Dim ssh As New Chilkat.Ssh

'  Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
Dim sshPort As Integer = 22
success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",sshPort)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
'  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
Dim password As String = "mySshPassword"

success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine("Authenticated.")

ssh.Disconnect()