wodFtpDLX ActiveX Control - Authentication Property
      
 

Description

Determines which authentication type is used.


Property type

An AuthenticationsEnum enumeration.  Type of authentication used when connecting to the server.


Syntax

object.Authentication [= value]


The Authentication Property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An expression evaluating to an object of type wodFtpDLX.
value An AuthenticationsEnum enumeration, as described in settings.

Settings

The settings for value are:

Constant Value Description
 authBoth 0 Use both authentications.
 authPassword 1 Use password authentication
 authCertificate 2 Use certificate authentication
 authSiteCertificate 3 Use certificate with SITE AUTH authentication (for Tumbleweed servers)

Remarks

Authentication property allows you to select type of authentication you want to use with the server. Most commonly, you will choose authPassword authentication, which requires Login and Password properties to be set before Connect method is called. Once wodFtpDLX connects to the server, it will authenticate you ONLY with username and password.

If you prefer to authenticate yourself using your PrivateKey (server MUST have your public key in that case), you should set this property to authCertificate, and you should set Login and Certificate properties accordingly. If you're using SFTP protocol, then used Certificate must hold at least Private key - no matter if you generated it or loaded it. If SSL protocols are used, you must load or generate also valid certificate that is sent to the client.

If you allow any of these authentications to take place, set this property to authBoth value. In this case wodFtpDLX will try to use both authCertificate and authPassword methods. Different server implementations may require either one or both of the authentications are successful to login to the server. Please note that in this case you must set all three properties: Login, Password and Certificate.

To set Certificate, use Certificate Management object (included in the setup package) that will allow you to generate (and store) required keys and certificates.

When authSiteCertificate authentication is used, wodFtpDLX will issue SITE AUTH command instead of sending login and password. More details about this type of authentication should be searched on Tumbleweed server documentation.