Authenticate with a password

To authenticate a user with password-based authentication, just use this Authenticate method overload. The first parameter is the name of the user, the second one is the user's password.

using System;
using ComponentPro.Net;

...

public void DoConnect()
{
    // Create a new class instance. 
    Sftp client = new Sftp();

    client.HostKeyVerifying += HostKeyVerifying;

    // Connect to the SFTP server. 
    client.Connect("myserver");

    // Or you can specify the SFTP port with 
    // client.Connect("myserver", 22); 
 
    // Authenticate. 
    client.Authenticate("userName", "password");

    // Do something here... 
    client.DownloadFile("/my remote file.dat", "my local file");

    // Disconnect. 
    client.Disconnect();
}

void HostKeyVerifying(object sender, HostKeyVerifyingEventArgs e)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Host key: " + e.HostKey);
}

Imports ComponentPro.Net

...

Public Sub DoConnect()
    ' Create a new class instance. 
    Dim client As New Sftp()

    AddHandler client.HostKeyVerifying, AddressOf HostKeyVerifying

    ' Connect to the SFTP server. 
    client.Connect("myserver")

    ' Or you can specify the SFTP port with 
    ' client.Connect("myserver", 22); 
 
    ' Authenticate. 
    client.Authenticate("userName", "password")

    ' Do something here... 
    client.DownloadFile("/my remote file.dat", "my local file")

    ' Disconnect. 
    client.Disconnect()
End Sub 
 
Private Sub HostKeyVerifying(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As HostKeyVerifyingEventArgs)
    Console.WriteLine("Host key: " & e.HostKey)
End Sub