PHP Manual: Authenticate over SSH using a plain password

Description

bool ssh2_auth_password ( resource $session , string $username , string $password )

Authenticate over SSH using a plain password. Since version 0.12 this function also supports keyboard_interactive method.

Parameters

session: An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect.
username: Remote user name.
password: Password for username

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Authenticating with a password


<?php
$connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);

if (ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'secret')) {
  echo "Authentication Successful!\n";
} else {
  die('Authentication Failed...');
}
?>