libssh2_agent_userauth (3) - Linux Man Pages

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

Command to display libssh2_agent_userauth manual in Linux: $ man 3 libssh2_agent_userauth

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

#include <libssh2.h>

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

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.

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

Added in libssh2 1.2

libssh2_agent_connect (3) - connect to an ssh-agent
libssh2_agent_disconnect (3) - close a connection to an ssh-agent
libssh2_agent_free (3) - free an ssh-agent handle
libssh2_agent_get_identity (3) - get a public key off the collection of public keys managed by ssh-agent
libssh2_agent_init (3) - init an ssh-agent handle
libssh2_agent_list_identities (3) - request an ssh-agent to list of public keys.
libssh2_banner_set (3) - set the SSH prococol banner for the local client
libssh2_base64_decode (3) - decode a base64 encoded string
libssh2_channel_close (3) - close a channel
libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip (3) - convenience macro for libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3) calls
libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex (3) - Tunnel a TCP connection through an SSH session
libssh2_channel_eof (3) - check a channel's EOF status