Bug #106845 for Net-SSH2: Unable to authenticate using only private key

> Thu Sep 03 10:55:52 2015: Request 106845 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by peter@dadeos.co.uk > Queue: Net-SSH2 > Subject: Unable to authenticate using only private key > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: (no value) > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: peter@dadeos.co.uk > Status: new > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=106845 > > > > Hi, > > I am attempting to use Net::SSH2 version 0.53 in a scenario where I only have > access to the private key (i.e. I do not have convenient access to the > associated public key), yet the Net::SSH2::auth_publickey() function, and > associated Net::SSH2::auth() function, require the public key to be provided. > > It appears that the "publickey" parameter to the underlying call to > "libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex()" may be NULL when "libssh2 is built > against OpenSSL" (see: > http://www.libssh2.org/libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex.html), as it is > possible to generate the public key from the private key. However the parameter > validation performed by the Net::SSH2::auth_publickey() and Net::SSH2::auth() > functions appear to make it impossible to arrange for the "publickey" parameter > passed to the call to "libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex()" to be NULL. > > Would it be possible to modify Net::SSH2 in order to avoid the requirement to > provide a public key file? (e.g. support "Net::SSH2::auth_publickey(username, > undef, private key [, password]);" or similar). > > Thanks > > Peter >

> <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=106845 > > > Peter, that feature is already included on the development version 0.54_01. > > https://metacpan.org/pod/release/SALVA/Net-SSH2-0.54_01/lib/Net/SSH2.pm > > Could you try it? > >