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ssh2_exec.c
/* Copyright (C) The libssh2 project and its contributors.
 *
 * Sample showing how to use libssh2 to execute a command remotely.
 *
 * The sample code has fixed values for host name, user name, password
 * and command to run.
 *
 * $ ./ssh2_exec 127.0.0.1 user password "uptime"
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 */ 
 
#include "libssh2_setup.h"
#include <libssh2.h>
 
#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
#include <sys/socket.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
#include <unistd.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
#include <netinet/in.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#endif
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
 
static const char *hostname = "127.0.0.1";
static const char *commandline = "uptime";
static const char *pubkey = "/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub";
static const char *privkey = "/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa";
static const char *username = "user";
static const char *password = "password";
 
static int waitsocket(libssh2_socket_t socket_fd, LIBSSH2_SESSION *session)
{
    struct timeval timeout;
    int rc;
    fd_set fd;
    fd_set *writefd = NULL;
    fd_set *readfd = NULL;
    int dir;
 
    timeout.tv_sec = 10;
    timeout.tv_usec = 0;
 
    FD_ZERO(&fd);
 
    FD_SET(socket_fd, &fd);
 
    /* now make sure we wait in the correct direction */ 
    dir = libssh2_session_block_directions(session);

 
    if(dir & LIBSSH2_SESSION_BLOCK_INBOUND)
        readfd = &fd;
 
    if(dir & LIBSSH2_SESSION_BLOCK_OUTBOUND)
        writefd = &fd;
 
    rc = select((int)(socket_fd + 1), readfd, writefd, NULL, &timeout);
 
    return rc;
}
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    uint32_t hostaddr;
    libssh2_socket_t sock;
    struct sockaddr_in sin;
    const char *fingerprint;
    int rc;
    LIBSSH2_SESSION *session = NULL;
    LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel;
    int exitcode;
    char *exitsignal = (char *)"none";
    ssize_t bytecount = 0;
    size_t len;
    LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOSTS *nh;
    int type;
 
#ifdef WIN32
    WSADATA wsadata;
 
    rc = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 0), &wsadata);
    if(rc) {
        fprintf(stderr, "WSAStartup failed with error: %d\n", rc);
        return 1;
    }
#endif
 
    if(argc > 1) {
        hostname = argv[1];  /* must be ip address only */ 
    }
    if(argc > 2) {
        username = argv[2];
    }
    if(argc > 3) {
        password = argv[3];
    }
    if(argc > 4) {
        commandline = argv[4];
    }
 
    rc = libssh2_init(0);

    if(rc) {
        fprintf(stderr, "libssh2 initialization failed (%d)\n", rc);
        return 1;
    }
 
    hostaddr = inet_addr(hostname);
 
    /* Ultra basic "connect to port 22 on localhost".  Your code is
     * responsible for creating the socket establishing the connection
     */ 
    sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
    if(sock == LIBSSH2_INVALID_SOCKET) {
        fprintf(stderr, "failed to create socket.\n");
        goto shutdown;
    }
 
    sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
    sin.sin_port = htons(22);
    sin.sin_addr.s_addr = hostaddr;
    if(connect(sock, (struct sockaddr*)(&sin), sizeof(struct sockaddr_in))) {
        fprintf(stderr, "failed to connect.\n");
        goto shutdown;
    }
 
    /* Create a session instance */ 
    session = libssh2_session_init();

    if(!session) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could not initialize SSH session.\n");
        goto shutdown;
    }
 
    /* tell libssh2 we want it all done non-blocking */ 
    libssh2_session_set_blocking(session, 0);

 
    /* ... start it up. This will trade welcome banners, exchange keys,
     * and setup crypto, compression, and MAC layers
     */ 
    while((rc = libssh2_session_handshake(session, sock)) ==

          LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN);
    if(rc) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Failure establishing SSH session: %d\n", rc);
        goto shutdown;
    }
 
    nh = libssh2_knownhost_init(session);

    if(!nh) {
        /* eeek, do cleanup here */ 
        return 2;
    }
 
    /* read all hosts from here */ 
    libssh2_knownhost_readfile(nh, "known_hosts",

                               LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_FILE_OPENSSH);
 
    /* store all known hosts to here */ 
    libssh2_knownhost_writefile(nh, "dumpfile",

                                LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_FILE_OPENSSH);
 
    fingerprint = libssh2_session_hostkey(session, &len, &type);

    if(fingerprint) {
        struct libssh2_knownhost *host;
        int check = libssh2_knownhost_checkp(nh, hostname, 22,

                                             fingerprint, len,
                                             LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_TYPE_PLAIN|
                                             LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_KEYENC_RAW,
                                             &host);
 
        fprintf(stderr, "Host check: %d, key: %s\n", check,
                (check <= LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_CHECK_MISMATCH) ?
                host->key : "<none>");
 
        /*****
         * At this point, we could verify that 'check' tells us the key is
         * fine or bail out.
         *****/ 
    }
    else {
        /* eeek, do cleanup here */ 
        return 3;
    }
    libssh2_knownhost_free(nh);

 
    if(strlen(password) != 0) {
        /* We could authenticate via password */ 
        while((rc = libssh2_userauth_password(session, username, password)) ==

              LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN);
        if(rc) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Authentication by password failed.\n");
            goto shutdown;
        }
    }
    else {
        /* Or by public key */ 
        while((rc = libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile(session, username,

                                                        pubkey, privkey,
                                                        password)) ==
              LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN);
        if(rc) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Authentication by public key failed.\n");
            goto shutdown;
        }
    }
 
#if 0
    libssh2_trace(session, ~0);

#endif
 
    /* Exec non-blocking on the remote host */ 
    do {
        channel = libssh2_channel_open_session(session);

        if(channel ||
           libssh2_session_last_error(session, NULL, NULL, 0) !=

           LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN)
            break;
        waitsocket(sock, session);
    } while(1);
    if(!channel) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    while((rc = libssh2_channel_exec(channel, commandline)) ==

          LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN) {
        waitsocket(sock, session);
    }
    if(rc) {
        fprintf(stderr, "exec error\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    for(;;) {
        ssize_t nread;
        /* loop until we block */ 
        do {
            char buffer[0x4000];
            nread = libssh2_channel_read(channel, buffer, sizeof(buffer));

            if(nread > 0) {
                ssize_t i;
                bytecount += nread;
                fprintf(stderr, "We read:\n");
                for(i = 0; i < nread; ++i)
                    fputc(buffer[i], stderr);
                fprintf(stderr, "\n");
            }
            else {
                if(nread != LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN)
                    /* no need to output this for the EAGAIN case */ 
                    fprintf(stderr, "libssh2_channel_read returned %d\n",
                            (int)nread);
            }
        }
        while(nread > 0);
 
        /* this is due to blocking that would occur otherwise so we loop on
           this condition */ 
        if(nread == LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN) {
            waitsocket(sock, session);
        }
        else
            break;
    }
    exitcode = 127;
    while((rc = libssh2_channel_close(channel)) == LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN)

        waitsocket(sock, session);
 
    if(rc == 0) {
        exitcode = libssh2_channel_get_exit_status(channel);

        libssh2_channel_get_exit_signal(channel, &exitsignal,

                                        NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
    }
 
    if(exitsignal)
        fprintf(stderr, "\nGot signal: %s\n", exitsignal);
    else
        fprintf(stderr, "\nEXIT: %d bytecount: %d\n",
                exitcode, (int)bytecount);
 
    libssh2_channel_free(channel);

    channel = NULL;
 
shutdown:
 
    if(session) {
        libssh2_session_disconnect(session, "Normal Shutdown");

        libssh2_session_free(session);

    }
 
    if(sock != LIBSSH2_INVALID_SOCKET) {
        shutdown(sock, 2);
#ifdef WIN32
        closesocket(sock);
#else
        close(sock);
#endif
    }
 
    fprintf(stderr, "all done\n");
 
    libssh2_exit();

 
    return 0;
}
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