twisted.conch.client.knownhosts.PlainEntry : API documentation

A PlainEntry is a representation of a plain-text entry in a known_hosts file.

Instance Variables _hostname the host-name associated with this entry. (type: str )

Method	__init__	Undocumented
Class Method	fromString	Parse a plain-text entry in a known_hosts file, and return a corresponding `PlainEntry`.
Method	matchesHost	Check to see if this entry matches a given hostname.
Method	toString	Implement `IKnownHostEntry.toString` by recording the comma-separated hostnames, key type, and base-64 encoded key.

Inherited from _BaseEntry:

Method

Check to see if this entry matches a given key object.

def __init__(self, hostnames, keyType, publicKey, comment): (source)

Undocumented

@classmethod
def fromString(cls, string): (source)

Parse a plain-text entry in a known_hosts file, and return a corresponding PlainEntry.

Parameters	string	a space-separated string formatted like "hostname key-type base64-key-data comment". (type: `str` )
Returns	an IKnownHostEntry representing the hostname and key in the input line. (type: `PlainEntry` )
Raises	DecodeError	if the key is not valid encoded as valid base64.
	InvalidEntry	if the entry does not have the right number of elements and is therefore invalid.
	BadKeyError	if the key, once decoded from base64, is not actually an SSH key.

def matchesHost(self, hostname): (source)

Check to see if this entry matches a given hostname.

Parameters	hostname	(type: `str` )
Returns	(type: bool )

def toString(self): (source)

Implement IKnownHostEntry.toString by recording the comma-separated hostnames, key type, and base-64 encoded key.

t.c.c.k.PlainEntry(_BaseEntry) : class documentation