Interface AgentForwardSupport

All Superinterfaces:
AutoCloseable, Channel, Closeable, org.apache.sshd.common.Closeable
All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultAgentForwardSupport
public interface AgentForwardSupport extends org.apache.sshd.common.Closeable
The server side fake agent, acting as an agent, but actually forwarding the requests to the auth channel on the client side.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    String
    initialize()
    Initializes the agent forwarding if not already done so - i.e., can be called more than once - only first successful call counts, the rest will return the identifier of the previously initialized agent.

    Methods inherited from interface org.apache.sshd.common.Closeable

    addCloseFutureListener, close, close, isClosed, isClosing, isOpen, removeCloseFutureListener

  • Method Details

    • initialize

      String initialize() throws IOException
      Initializes the agent forwarding if not already done so - i.e., can be called more than once - only first successful call counts, the rest will return the identifier of the previously initialized agent.
      Returns:
      The agent ID
      Throws:
      IOException - If failed to initialize