NAME

       CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE - private key file for SSH auth

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE,
                                 char *filename);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  char  *  pointing  to  a  filename  for  your  private  key.  If  not  used, libcurl defaults to
       $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa if the HOME environment variable is set, and just "id_dsa" in the current directory  if
       HOME is not set.

       If the file is password-protected, set the password with CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD(3).

       The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

DEFAULT

       As explained above

PROTOCOLS

       SFTP and SCP

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com/file");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE,
                          "/home/clarkkent/.ssh/id_rsa");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD, "password");
         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.16.1

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.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE(3), CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES(3),

libcurl 7.81.0                                 September 08, 2021                 CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE(3)