CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES(3) NAME CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES - auth types for SFTP and SCP SYNOPSIS #include 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 CURLSSH_AUTH_ANY (all available) PROTOCOLS SCP and SFTP EXAMPLE int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com/file"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES, CURLSSH_AUTH_PUBLICKEY | CURLSSH_AUTH_KEYBOARD); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } } AVAILABILITY CURLSSH_AUTH_HOST was added in 7.16.1, CURLSSH_AUTH_AGENT was added in 7.28.0 RETURN 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_HOST_PUBLIC_KEY_SHA256(3), CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE(3) libcurl April 26 2024 CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES(3)