Authenticate Method

Authenticates the user.

Syntax

sshauth.authenticate([callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This method authenticates the user against the SSHHost. If authentication succeeds this method returns without error. If authentication fails, or an error is encountered, the class fails with an error.

The following common properties are applicable when calling this method:

• User (required)
• Password (required for password authentication)
• SSHCert (required for public key authentication)
• SSHHost (required)
• SSHPort
• AuthMode
• SSHEncryptionAlgorithms

Keyboard interactive authentication is handled through the SSHKeyboardInteractive event.