On Tuesday 12 January 2016 19:11:28 Younes Serraj wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Reading libssh's source code to understand how to implement my own
> ssh_is_server_known() for various reasons, I found the following
> information that I don't understand :
>
> ---
> function: ssh_userauth_publickey
>
> @return SSH_AUTH_SUCCESS: The public key is accepted, you want now to use
> ssh_userauth_pubkey().
> ---
>
> It's the "you want now to use ssh_userauth_pubkey()" part that I don't get.
>
> When I read the source code of ssh_userauth_pubkey(), I find that:
> 1) it's in a legacy.c file (my guess is that I shouldn't use it in a new
> project)
> 2) it looks like an old API, it's a wrapper that:
> - takes a ssh_private_key and makes a ssh_key
> - calls ssh_userauth_publickey() and gives it in parameters the said ssh_key
>
> So on success, ssh_userauth_publickey() asks me to call
> ssh_userauth_pubkey() that calls ssh_userauth_publickey().
>
> Is it really what I'm supposed to do? Or is there a need to update the
> documentation? Or did I miss something?
>
> Thanks in advance for you help :)
The documentation needs to be updated ...
Obviously ssh_userauth_publickey() is the right function to use and not the
legacy one ...
Cheers,
-- andreas
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