Class: Net::SSH::Authentication::Methods::Password

Inherits:
Abstract
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/net/ssh/authentication/methods/password.rb

Overview

Implements the “password” SSH authentication method.

Constant Summary

Constants included from Constants

Constants::USERAUTH_BANNER, Constants::USERAUTH_FAILURE, Constants::USERAUTH_METHOD_RANGE, Constants::USERAUTH_PASSWD_CHANGEREQ, Constants::USERAUTH_PK_OK, Constants::USERAUTH_REQUEST, Constants::USERAUTH_SUCCESS

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Abstract

#key_manager, #session

Attributes included from Loggable

#logger

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Abstract

#initialize, #send_message, #session_id, #userauth_request

Methods included from Loggable

#debug, #error, #fatal, #info, #lwarn

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Net::SSH::Authentication::Methods::Abstract

Instance Method Details

#authenticate(next_service, username, password = nil) ⇒ Object

Attempt to authenticate the given user for the given service. If the password parameter is nil, this will never do anything except return false.



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# File 'lib/net/ssh/authentication/methods/password.rb', line 14

def authenticate(next_service, username, password=nil)
  return false unless password

  send_message(userauth_request(username, next_service, "password", false, password))
  message = session.next_message

  case message.type
    when USERAUTH_SUCCESS
      debug { "password succeeded" }
      return true
    when USERAUTH_FAILURE
      debug { "password failed" }
      return false
    when USERAUTH_PASSWD_CHANGEREQ
      debug { "password change request received, failing" }
      return false
    else
      raise Net::SSH::Exception, "unexpected reply to USERAUTH_REQUEST: #{message.type} (#{message.inspect})"
  end
end