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CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES
Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)Updated: May 31, 2017
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NAME
CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES - set desired auth types for SFTP and SCPSYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES, long bitmask);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long set to a bitmask consisting of one or more of CURLSSH_AUTH_PUBLICKEY, CURLSSH_AUTH_PASSWORD, CURLSSH_AUTH_HOST, CURLSSH_AUTH_KEYBOARD and CURLSSH_AUTH_AGENT.Set CURLSSH_AUTH_ANY to let libcurl pick a suitable one. Currently CURLSSH_AUTH_HOST has no effect. If CURLSSH_AUTH_AGENT is used, libcurl attempts to connect to ssh-agent or pageant and let the agent attempt the authentication.
DEFAULT
NonePROTOCOLS
SFTP and SCPEXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com/file"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES, CURLSSH_AUTH_PUBLICKEY | CURLSSH_AUTH_KEYBOARD); ret = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); }
AVAILABILITY
CURLSSH_AUTH_HOST was added in 7.16.1, CURLSSH_AUTH_AGENT was added in 7.28.0RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_SSH_HOST_PUBLIC_KEY_MD5(3), CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE(3),