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