PHP Manual: Authenticate using a public hostkey

Description

bool ssh2_auth_hostbased_file ( resource $session , string $username , string $hostname , string $pubkeyfile , string $privkeyfile [, string $passphrase [, string $local_username ]] )

Authenticate using a public hostkey read from a file.

Parameters

session: An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect.
username
hostname
pubkeyfile
privkeyfile
passphrase: If privkeyfile is encrypted (which it should be), the passphrase must be provided.
local_username: If local_username is omitted, then the value for username will be used for it.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Authentication using a public hostkey


<?php
$connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22, array('hostkey'=>'ssh-rsa'));

if (ssh2_auth_hostbased_file($connection, 'remoteusername', 'myhost.example.com',
                             '/usr/local/etc/hostkey_rsa.pub',
                             '/usr/local/etc/hostkey_rsa', 'secret',
                             'localusername')) {
  echo "Public Key Hostbased Authentication Successful\n";
} else {
  die('Public Key Hostbased Authentication Failed');
}
?>

Notes

Note:
ssh2_auth_hostbased_file requires libssh2 >= 0.7 and PHP/SSH2 >= 0.7