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libssh2_session_hostkey (3ssh2)

Name

libssh2_session_hostkey - get the remote key

Synopsis

#include <libssh2.h>

const char *libssh2_session_hostkey(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
size_t *len, int *type);

Description

libssh2 manual                                  libssh2_session_hostkey(3ssh2)



NAME
       libssh2_session_hostkey - get the remote key

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libssh2.h>

       const char *libssh2_session_hostkey(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
                                           size_t *len, int *type);

DESCRIPTION
       Returns a pointer to the current host key, the value len points to will
       get the length of the key.

       The value type points to the type of hostkey  which  is  one  of:  LIB-
       SSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_RSA,      LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_DSS,      or      LIB-
       SSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_UNKNOWN.


RETURN VALUE
       A pointer, or NULL if something went wrong.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/libssh2  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       libssh2_knownhost_check(3) libssh2_knownhost_add(3)



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source  was  downloaded   from    https://www.libssh2.org/download/lib-
       ssh2-1.10.0.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.libssh2.org/.



libssh2 0.15                      1 Jun 2007
                                                libssh2_session_hostkey(3ssh2)