libssh2_session_hostkey(3)

libssh2_session_hostkey3

Get the remote key

Usage

#include <libssh2.h>
const char *
libssh2_session_hostkey(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
                        size_t *len, int *type);

Overview

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 (deprecated), or LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_UNKNOWN.

Return value

A pointer, or NULL if something went wrong.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7–12
  3. 13–Arch

From libssh2 1.11.1-7 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.