Class Net::SSH::Authentication::Methods::Publickey

  1. lib/net/ssh/authentication/methods/publickey.rb
Parent: Net::SSH::Authentication::Methods::Abstract

Implements the “publickey” SSH authentication method.

Methods

public instance

  1. authenticate

Public instance methods

authenticate (next_service, username, password=nil)

Attempts to perform public-key authentication for the given username, trying each identity known to the key manager. If any of them succeed, returns true, otherwise returns false. This requires the presence of a key manager.

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    # File lib/net/ssh/authentication/methods/publickey.rb, line 16
16:           def authenticate(next_service, username, password=nil)
17:             return false unless key_manager
18: 
19:             key_manager.each_identity do |identity|
20:               return true if authenticate_with(identity, next_service, username)
21:             end
22: 
23:             return false
24:           end