Manpages - libssh2_session_callback_set.3

libssh2_session_callback_set - set a callback function

  #include <libssh2.h>

  void *libssh2_session_callback_set(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
                                     int cbtype, void *callback);

Sets a custom callback handler for a previously initialized session object. Callbacks are triggered by the receipt of special packets at the Transport layer. To disable a callback, set it to NULL.

session - Session instance as returned by libssh2_session_init_ex(3)

cbtype - Callback type. One of the types listed in Callback Types.

callback - Pointer to custom callback function. The prototype for this function must match the associated callback declaration macro.

LIBSSH2_CALLBACK_IGNORE

Called when a SSH_MSG_IGNORE message is received

LIBSSH2_CALLBACK_DEBUG

Called when a SSH_MSG_DEBUG message is received

LIBSSH2_CALLBACK_DISCONNECT

Called when a SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT message is received

LIBSSH2_CALLBACK_MACERROR

Called when a mismatched MAC has been detected in the transport layer. If the function returns 0, the packet will be accepted nonetheless.

LIBSSH2_CALLBACK_X11

Called when an X11 connection has been accepted

LIBSSH2_CALLBACK_SEND

Called when libssh2 wants to send data on the connection. Can be set to a custom function to handle I/O your own way.

The prototype of the callback:

  ssize_t sendcb(libssh2_socket_t sockfd, const void *buffer,
                 size_t length, int flags, void **abstract);

sockfd is the socket to write to, buffer points to the data to send, length is the size of the data, flags is the flags that would’ve been used to a send() call and abstract is a pointer to the abstract pointer set in the libssh2_session_init_ex(3) call.

The callback returns the number of bytes sent, or -1 for error. The special return code -EAGAIN can be returned to signal that the send was aborted to prevent getting blocked and it needs to be called again.

LIBSSH2_CALLBACK_RECV

Called when libssh2 wants to read data from the connection. Can be set to a custom function to handle I/O your own way.

The prototype of the callback:

  ssize_t recvcb(libssh2_socket_t sockfd, void *buffer,
                 size_t length, int flags, void **abstract);

sockfd is the socket to read from, buffer where to store received data into, length is the size of the buffer, flags is the flags that would’ve been used to a recv() call and abstract is a pointer to the abstract pointer set in the libssh2_session_init_ex(3) call.

The callback returns the number of bytes read, or -1 for error. The special return code -EAGAIN can be returned to signal that the read was aborted to prevent getting blocked and it needs to be called again.

Pointer to previous callback handler. Returns NULL if no prior callback handler was set or the callback type was unknown.

libssh2_session_init_ex(3)