curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSH_KNOWNHOSTS.md
Daniel Stenberg c4ab33370a
CURLOPT_*-docs: provide additional details
Went through CURLOPTTYPE_STRINGPOINT and CURLOPTTYPE_SLISTPOINT options
and clarified:

- what happens when setting the option *again*

- setting to NULL disables/restores to default

- libcurl does not copy the slist for options using a such

Closes #14846
2024-09-10 13:48:42 +02:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_SSH_KNOWNHOSTS
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES (3)
- CURLOPT_SSH_HOST_PUBLIC_KEY_MD5 (3)
Protocol:
- SFTP
- SCP
Added-in: 7.19.6
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_SSH_KNOWNHOSTS - filename holding the SSH known hosts
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_KNOWNHOSTS, char *fname);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string holding the filename of the
known_host file to use. The known_hosts file should use the OpenSSH file
format as supported by libssh2. If this file is specified, libcurl only
accepts connections with hosts that are known and present in that file, with a
matching public key. Use CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION(3) to alter the default
behavior on host and key matches and mismatches.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the
previous ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again.
# DEFAULT
NULL
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com/file");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_KNOWNHOSTS,
"/home/clarkkent/.ssh/known_hosts");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.