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| .TH CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" |
| .SH NAME |
| CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE \- set private key file for SSH auth |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| #include <curl/curl.h> |
| |
| CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE, |
| char *filename); |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| Pass a char * pointing to a \fIfilename\fP for your private key. If not used, |
| libcurl defaults to \fB$HOME/.ssh/id_dsa\fP if the HOME environment variable |
| is set, and just "id_dsa" in the current directory if HOME is not set. |
| |
| If the file is password-protected, set the password with |
| \fICURLOPT_KEYPASSWD(3)\fP. |
| |
| The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this |
| option. |
| .SH DEFAULT |
| As explained above |
| .SH PROTOCOLS |
| SFTP and SCP |
| .SH EXAMPLE |
| .nf |
| CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); |
| if(curl) { |
| curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com/file"); |
| curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE, |
| "/home/clarkkent/.ssh/id_rsa"); |
| curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD, "password"); |
| ret = curl_easy_perform(curl); |
| curl_easy_cleanup(curl); |
| } |
| .fi |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| Added in 7.16.1 |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or |
| CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE "(3), " CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES "(3), " |
