libssh2_agent_userauth(3) libssh2 libssh2_agent_userauth(3)

NAME

libssh2_agent_userauth - authenticate a session with a public key,
with the help of ssh-agent

SYNOPSIS

#include <libssh2.h>

int
libssh2_agent_userauth(LIBSSH2_AGENT *agent,
const char *username,
struct libssh2_agent_publickey *identity);

DESCRIPTION

agent - ssh-agent handle as returned by libssh2_agent_init(3)

username - Remote user name to authenticate as.

identity - Public key to authenticate with, as returned by
libssh2_agent_get_identity(3)

Attempt public key authentication with the help of ssh-agent.

RETURN VALUE

Returns 0 if succeeded, or a negative value for error.

AVAILABILITY

Added in libssh2 1.2

SEE ALSO

libssh2_agent_init(3) libssh2_agent_get_identity(3)
libssh2_agent_sign(3)

libssh2 23 Dec 2009 libssh2_agent_userauth(3)