SSH.Connect

SSH.Connect

Method signatures

 Protected Function Connect(URL As String, KnownHostList As FolderItem = Nil, AddHost As Boolean = False) As SSH.Session
 Protected Function Connect(Address As String, Port As Integer, Username As String, PublicKeyFile As FolderItem, PrivateKeyFile As FolderItem, PrivateKeyFilePassword As String, KnownHostList As FolderItem = Nil, AddHost As Boolean = False) As SSH.Session
 Protected Function Connect(Address As String, Port As Integer, Username As String, PublicKey As MemoryBlock, PrivateKey As MemoryBlock, PrivateKeyPassword As String, KnownHostList As FolderItem = Nil, AddHost As Boolean = False) As SSH.Session
 Protected Function Connect(Address As String, Port As Integer, Username As String, Password As String, KnownHostList As FolderItem = Nil, AddHost As Boolean = False) As SSH.Session

Parameters

Connect(String, FolderItem, Boolean)

Name	Type	Comment
URL	String	The fully-qualified URL of the server (including username/password).
KnownHostList	FolderItem	Optional. A list of known hosts to check the server against.
AddHost	Boolean	Optional. If True, then the server's fingerprint is added to the list if necessary.

Connect(String, Integer, String, FolderItem, FolderItem, String, FolderItem, Boolean)

Name	Type	Comment
Address	String	The hostname or IP address to connect to.
Port	Integer	The remote port to connect to.
Username	String	The user to log in as.
PublicKeyFile	FolderItem	The user's public key.
PrivateKeyFile	FolderItem	The user's private key.
PrivateKeyFilePassword	String	The password needed to unlock the private key.
KnownHostList	FolderItem	Optional. A list of known hosts to check the server against.
AddHost	Boolean	Optional. If True, then the server's fingerprint is added to the list if necessary.

Connect(String, Integer, String, MemoryBlock, MemoryBlock, String, FolderItem, Boolean)

Name	Type	Comment
Address	String	The hostname or IP address to connect to.
Port	Integer	The remote port to connect to.
Username	String	The user to log in as.
PublicKey	MemoryBlock	The user's public key.
PrivateKey	MemoryBlock	The user's private key.
PrivateKeyPassword	String	The password needed to unlock the private key.
KnownHostList	FolderItem	Optional. A list of known hosts to check the server against.
AddHost	Boolean	Optional. If True, then the server's fingerprint is added to the list if necessary.

Connect(String, Integer, String, String, FolderItem, Boolean)

Name	Type	Comment
Address	String	The hostname or IP address to connect to.
Port	Integer	The remote port to connect to.
Username	String	The user to log in as.
Password	String	The user's password.
KnownHostList	FolderItem	Optional. A list of known hosts to check the server against.
AddHost	Boolean	Optional. If True, then the server's fingerprint is added to the list if necessary.

Remarks

This convenience method established a SSH session to the server specified by the parameters. If the KnownHostsList file is specified then the server's fingerprint is checked against the list. If AddHost is true then the fingerprint will be added to the list if it's not already present.