libssh2_session_hostkey
Section: libssh2 manual (3)
Updated: 1 Jun 2007
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NAME
libssh2_session_hostkey - get the remote key
SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>
const char *libssh2_session_hostkey(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
size_t *len, int *type);
DESCRIPTION
Returns a pointer to the current host key, the value len points to will
get the length of the key.
The value type points to the type of hostkey which is one of:
LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_RSA, LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_DSS, or
LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_UNKNOWN.
RETURN VALUE
A pointer, or NULL if something went wrong.
SEE ALSO
libssh2_knownhost_check(3)
libssh2_knownhost_add(3)