Interface AuthMethod

ssh/client_auth.go:158–168

An AuthMethod represents an instance of an RFC 4252 authentication method.

// An AuthMethod represents an instance of an RFC 4252 authentication method.
type AuthMethod interface {
	// auth authenticates user over transport t.
	// Returns true if authentication is successful.
	// If authentication is not successful, a []string of alternative
	// method names is returned. If the slice is nil, it will be ignored
	// and the previous set of possible methods will be reused.
	auth(session []byte, user string, p packetConn, rand io.Reader, extensions map[string][]byte) (authResult, []string, error)

	// method returns the RFC 4252 method name.
	method() string
}

// "none" authentication, RFC 4252 section 5.2.
type noneAuth int