SSH agents — Paramiko documentation
https://docs.paramiko.org/en/stable/api/agent.htmlSSH agents¶. SSH Agent interface. class paramiko.agent.Agent¶. Client interface for using private keys from an SSH agent running on the local machine. If an SSH agent is running, this class can be used to connect to it and retrieve PKey objects which can be used when attempting to authenticate to remote SSH servers.. Upon initialization, a session with the local machine’s …
Key handling — Paramiko documentation
docs.paramiko.org › en › stableSupplement the private key contents with data loaded from an OpenSSH public key (.pub) or certificate (-cert.pub) file, a string containing such a file, or a Message object. The .pub contents adds no real value, since the private key file includes sufficient information to derive the public key info.
SSH agents — Paramiko documentation
docs.paramiko.org › en › stableclass paramiko.agent.AgentKey (agent, blob) ¶ Private key held in a local SSH agent. This type of key can be used for authenticating to a remote server (signing). Most other key operations work as expected. can_sign () ¶ Return True if this key has the private part necessary for signing data. from_private_key (file_obj, password=None) ¶
paramiko/pkey.py at main · paramiko/paramiko - GitHub
github.com › paramiko › paramikodef _read_private_key_file (self, tag, filename, password = None): """ Read an SSH2-format private key file, looking for a string of the type ``"BEGIN xxx PRIVATE KEY"`` for some ``xxx``, base64-decode the text we: find, and return it as a string. If the private key is encrypted and ``password`` is not ``None``, the given password will be used to