diff --git a/example/simple/scp.c b/example/simple/scp.c
index 00c13a58..07a781d5 100644
--- a/example/simple/scp.c
+++ b/example/simple/scp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: scp.c,v 1.9 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: scp.c,v 1.10 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do a simple SCP transfer.
  */
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
     LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *scppath=(char *)"/tmp/TEST";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *scppath="/tmp/TEST";
     struct stat fileinfo;
     int rc;
     off_t got=0;
diff --git a/example/simple/scp_nonblock.c b/example/simple/scp_nonblock.c
index 764f7097..7527c88e 100644
--- a/example/simple/scp_nonblock.c
+++ b/example/simple/scp_nonblock.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: scp_nonblock.c,v 1.8 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: scp_nonblock.c,v 1.9 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SCP transfers in a non-blocking manner.
  */
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
     LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *scppath=(char *)"/tmp/TEST";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *scppath="/tmp/TEST";
     struct stat fileinfo;
     int rc;
     off_t got=0;
diff --git a/example/simple/scp_write.c b/example/simple/scp_write.c
index 8483d1fb..c751b6ca 100644
--- a/example/simple/scp_write.c
+++ b/example/simple/scp_write.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: scp_write.c,v 1.4 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: scp_write.c,v 1.5 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do a simple SCP transfer.
  */
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
     LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *loclfile=(char *)"scp_write.c";
-    char *scppath=(char *)"/tmp/TEST";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *loclfile="scp_write.c";
+    const char *scppath="/tmp/TEST";
     FILE *local;
     int rc;
     char mem[1024];
diff --git a/example/simple/scp_write_nonblock.c b/example/simple/scp_write_nonblock.c
index e66c63dc..bbe79760 100644
--- a/example/simple/scp_write_nonblock.c
+++ b/example/simple/scp_write_nonblock.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: scp_write_nonblock.c,v 1.6 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: scp_write_nonblock.c,v 1.7 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do a simple SCP transfer.
  */
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
     LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *loclfile=(char *)"scp_write.c";
-    char *scppath=(char *)"/tmp/TEST";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *loclfile="scp_write.c";
+    const char *scppath="/tmp/TEST";
     FILE *local;
     int rc;
     char mem[1024];
diff --git a/example/simple/sftp.c b/example/simple/sftp.c
index 7b45824e..7355f062 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftp.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftp.c,v 1.12 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftp.c,v 1.13 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SFTP transfers.
  *
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 
-char *keyfile1=(char *)"~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub";
-char *keyfile2=(char *)"~/.ssh/id_rsa";
-char *username=(char *)"username";
-char *password=(char *)"password";
-char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/TEST";
+const char *keyfile1="~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub";
+const char *keyfile2="~/.ssh/id_rsa";
+const char *username="username";
+const char *password="password";
+const char *sftppath="/tmp/TEST";
 
 
 static void kbd_callback(const char *name, int name_len, 
diff --git a/example/simple/sftp_RW_nonblock.c b/example/simple/sftp_RW_nonblock.c
index 85c6feef..d4d03abf 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftp_RW_nonblock.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftp_RW_nonblock.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftp_RW_nonblock.c,v 1.9 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftp_RW_nonblock.c,v 1.10 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SFTP transfers in a non-blocking manner.
  *
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/TEST"; /* source path */
-    char *dest=(char *)"/tmp/TEST2";    /* destination path */
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *sftppath="/tmp/TEST"; /* source path */
+    const char *dest="/tmp/TEST2";    /* destination path */
     int rc;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp_session;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *sftp_handle;
diff --git a/example/simple/sftp_mkdir.c b/example/simple/sftp_mkdir.c
index 812263bb..e5550ba2 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftp_mkdir.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftp_mkdir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftp_mkdir.c,v 1.6 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftp_mkdir.c,v 1.7 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SFTP mkdir
  *
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/sftp_mkdir";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *sftppath="/tmp/sftp_mkdir";
     int rc;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp_session;
 
diff --git a/example/simple/sftp_mkdir_nonblock.c b/example/simple/sftp_mkdir_nonblock.c
index f6bd862a..c093f8b9 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftp_mkdir_nonblock.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftp_mkdir_nonblock.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftp_mkdir_nonblock.c,v 1.8 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftp_mkdir_nonblock.c,v 1.9 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SFTP non-blocking mkdir.
  *
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/sftp_mkdir_nonblock";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *sftppath="/tmp/sftp_mkdir_nonblock";
     int rc;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp_session;
 
diff --git a/example/simple/sftp_nonblock.c b/example/simple/sftp_nonblock.c
index 8834b23f..a97a4103 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftp_nonblock.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftp_nonblock.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftp_nonblock.c,v 1.12 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftp_nonblock.c,v 1.13 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SFTP non-blocking transfers.
  *
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/TEST";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *sftppath="/tmp/TEST";
     int rc;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp_session;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *sftp_handle;
diff --git a/example/simple/sftp_write.c b/example/simple/sftp_write.c
index 5d801594..d37b63f2 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftp_write.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftp_write.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftp_write.c,v 1.7 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftp_write.c,v 1.8 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SFTP write transfers.
  *
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *loclfile=(char *)"sftp_write.c";
-    char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/TEST";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *loclfile="sftp_write.c";
+    const char *sftppath="/tmp/TEST";
     int rc;
     FILE *local;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp_session;
diff --git a/example/simple/sftp_write_nonblock.c b/example/simple/sftp_write_nonblock.c
index f9491b67..5cba62d4 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftp_write_nonblock.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftp_write_nonblock.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftp_write_nonblock.c,v 1.9 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftp_write_nonblock.c,v 1.10 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SFTP non-blocking write transfers.
  *
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *loclfile=(char *)"sftp_write_nonblock.c";
-    char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/sftp_write_nonblock.c";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *loclfile="sftp_write_nonblock.c";
+    const char *sftppath="/tmp/sftp_write_nonblock.c";
     int rc;
     FILE *local;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp_session;
diff --git a/example/simple/sftpdir.c b/example/simple/sftpdir.c
index 7c03c435..3d968e9e 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftpdir.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftpdir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftpdir.c,v 1.8 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftpdir.c,v 1.9 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample doing an SFTP directory listing.
  *
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/secretdir";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *sftppath="/tmp/secretdir";
     int rc;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp_session;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *sftp_handle;
diff --git a/example/simple/sftpdir_nonblock.c b/example/simple/sftpdir_nonblock.c
index bdb484bc..e2362272 100644
--- a/example/simple/sftpdir_nonblock.c
+++ b/example/simple/sftpdir_nonblock.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sftpdir_nonblock.c,v 1.9 2007/07/31 11:00:29 bagder Exp $
+ * $Id: sftpdir_nonblock.c,v 1.10 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample doing an SFTP directory listing.
  *
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     const char *fingerprint;
     LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
-    char *username=(char *)"username";
-    char *password=(char *)"password";
-    char *sftppath=(char *)"/tmp/secretdir";
+    const char *username="username";
+    const char *password="password";
+    const char *sftppath="/tmp/secretdir";
     int rc;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp_session;
     LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *sftp_handle;
diff --git a/example/simple/ssh2.c b/example/simple/ssh2.c
index f5f826e6..2e128d40 100644
--- a/example/simple/ssh2.c
+++ b/example/simple/ssh2.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: ssh2.c,v 1.16 2007/08/03 15:08:28 jehousley Exp $
+ * $Id: ssh2.c,v 1.17 2007/08/09 01:10:11 dfandrich Exp $
  *
  * Sample showing how to do SSH2 connect.
  *
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 
-char *keyfile1=(char *)"~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub";
-char *keyfile2=(char *)"~/.ssh/id_rsa";
-char *username=(char *)"username";
-char *password=(char *)"password";
+const char *keyfile1="~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub";
+const char *keyfile2="~/.ssh/id_rsa";
+const char *username="username";
+const char *password="password";
 
 
 static void kbd_callback(const char *name, int name_len, 
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Some environment variables may be set,
      * It's up to the server which ones it'll allow though
      */
-    libssh2_channel_setenv(channel, (char *)"FOO", (char *)"bar");
+    libssh2_channel_setenv(channel, "FOO", "bar");
 
     /* Request a terminal with 'vanilla' terminal emulation
      * See /etc/termcap for more options
      */
-    if (libssh2_channel_request_pty(channel, (char *)"vanilla")) {
+    if (libssh2_channel_request_pty(channel, "vanilla")) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Failed requesting pty\n");
         goto skip_shell;
     }