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SSH Auth Failure Reason (AuthenticatePwPk)

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This example demonstrates how to determine the failure reason for the case where both a password and private key are required for authentication. If authentication fails, was it because of an invalid private key, or an invalid password? Go

    success := false

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // Load a private key to be used for SSH authentication.
    key := chilkat.NewSshKey()
    key.SetPassword("key_password")

    success = key.FromOpenSshPrivateKey(*key.LoadText("qa_data/my_private_key_file"))
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(key.LastErrorText())
        key.DisposeSshKey()
        return
    }

    ssh := chilkat.NewSsh()

    success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",22)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        key.DisposeSshKey()
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    // Authenticate using both a password and private key.
    success = ssh.AuthenticatePwPk("myLogin","myPassword",key)
    if success == true {
        fmt.Println("Authentication is successful!")
        key.DisposeSshKey()
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    // If we get here, it means the authentication failed.
    // Examine the last JSON data to get information..

    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    ssh.GetLastJsonData(json)

    json.SetEmitCompact(false)

    // This is the JSON if the key is correct, but the password is incorrect:

    // {
    //   "public_key_type": "rsa",
    //   "partialAuthResult": "publickey success. continue to authenticate with password...",
    //   "authResult": "failed",
    //   "authFailReason": "Password is incorrect"
    // }

    // This is the JSON if the key is incorrect.  We won't know if the password is also incorrect until
    // the key is made correct so that authentication proceeds to check the password.

    // {
    //   "public_key_type": "rsa",
    //   "authResult": "failed",
    //   "authFailReason": "Key is incorrect"
    // }

    // To get the authResult anbd authFailReason:
    fmt.Println("authResult: ", *json.StringOf("authResult"))
    fmt.Println("authFailReason: ", *json.StringOf("authFailReason"))

    key.DisposeSshKey()
    ssh.DisposeSsh()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()