SExec Class
Properties Methods Events Configuration Settings Errors
The SExec component is used to remotely execute a command on an SSH server.
Syntax
SExec
Remarks
The SExec class establishes a Secure Shell (SSH) connection to a server and starts up the user's default shell. Using the class is very simple. The destination is specified by the SSHHost property, and the login information is given by the SSHUser and SSHPassword properties. To execute the command, simply call the Execute command or set the Command property with the command you wish to execute as the parameter. Further input can be supplied to the Text parameter of the Send method or via the Stdin property.
The output of the command is returned through the Stdout event. If an error happens on the protocol level, the error message can be found in the ErrorMessage property. Errors during command execution (the stderr stream) are given by the Stderr event. Once the remote command or application terminates, the class will disconnect from the server. If the application's exit status is non-zero (success), the class will throw an exception.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Command | The command to be sent to the remote host. |
| Connected | Triggers a connection or disconnection. |
| ErrorMessage | The error message returned by the server along with the ExitStatus . |
| ExitStatus | The exit code for the last executed command. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | This property tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallType | This property determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallHost | This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | This property contains the TCP port for the firewall Host . |
| FirewallUser | This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The TCP port in the local host where IPPort binds. |
| SSHAcceptServerHostKeyEncoded | The certificate (PEM/base64 encoded). |
| SSHAuthMode | The authentication method to be used the component when calling SSHLogon . |
| SSHCertEncoded | The certificate (PEM/base64 encoded). |
| SSHCertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
| SSHCertStorePassword | If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password in order to open the certificate store. |
| SSHCertStoreType | The type of certificate store for this certificate. |
| SSHCertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
| SSHCompressionAlgorithms | A comma-separated list containing all allowable compression algorithms. |
| SSHEncryptionAlgorithms | A comma-separated list containing all allowable compression algorithms. |
| SSHHost | The address of the SSH host. |
| SSHPassword | The password for SSH password-based authentication. |
| SSHPort | The port on the SSH server where the SSH service is running; by default, 22. |
| SSHUser | The username for SSH authentication. |
| Stdin | A string of data to be sent to the remote host while connected. |
| Timeout | A timeout for the component. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting . |
| DecodePacket | Decodes a hex-encoded SSH packet. |
| DoEvents | Processes events from the internal message queue. |
| EncodePacket | Hex encodes an SSH packet. |
| Execute | Execute a Command on the remote host. |
| GetSSHParam | Used to read a field from an SSH packet's payload. |
| GetSSHParamBytes | Used to read a field from an SSH packet's payload. |
| Interrupt | Interrupt the current method. |
| Send | Send standard input to the program executing on the remote host. |
| SetSSHParam | Used to write a field to the end of a payload. |
| SSHLogoff | Logoff from the SSH server. |
| SSHLogon | Logon to the SSHHost using the current SSHUser and SSHPassword . |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Connected | Fired immediately after a connection completes (or fails). |
| ConnectionStatus | Fired to indicate changes in connection state. |
| Disconnected | Fired when a connection is closed. |
| Error | Information about errors during data delivery. |
| SSHCustomAuth | Fired when the component is doing custom authentication. |
| SSHKeyboardInteractive | Fired when the component receives a request for user input from the server. |
| SSHServerAuthentication | Fired after the server presents its public key to the client. |
| SSHStatus | Shows the progress of the secure connection. |
| Stderr | Fired when data (complete lines) come in through stderr. |
| Stdout | Fired when data (complete lines) come in through stdout. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| TerminalModes | The terminal mode to set when communicating with the SSH host. |
| EncodedTerminalModes | The terminal mode to set when communicating with the SSH host. |
| TerminalHeight | The height of the terminal display. |
| TerminalWidth | The width of the terminal display. |
| TerminalUsePixel | Whether the terminal's dimensions are in columns/rows or pixels. |
| ClientSSHVersionString | The SSH version string used by the component. |
| SignedSSHCert | The CA signed client public key used when authenticating. |
| SSHAcceptServerCAKey | The CA public key that signed the server's host key. |
| SSHAcceptAnyServerHostKey | If set the component will accept any key presented by the server. |
| SSHAcceptServerHostKeyFingerPrint | The fingerprint of the server key to accept. |
| SSHKeyExchangeAlgorithms | Specifies the supported key exchange algorithms. |
| SSHMacAlgorithms | Specifies the supported Mac algorithms. |
| SSHKeyRenegotiate | Causes the component to renegotiate the SSH keys. |
| KeyRenegotiationThreshold | Sets the threshold for the SSH Key Renegotiation. |
| KerberosRealm | The fully qualified domain name of the Kerberos Realm to use for GSSAPI authentication. |
| KerberosDelegation | If true, asks for credentials with delegation enabled during authentication. |
| KerberosSPN | The Kerberos Service Principal Name of the SSH host. |
| LogSSHPackets | If true, detailed SSH packet logging is performed. |
| MaxPacketSize | The maximum packet size of the channel, in bytes. |
| MaxWindowSize | The maximum window size allowed for the channel, in bytes. |
| PreferredDHGroupBits | The size (in bits) of the preferred modulus (p) to request from the server. |
| ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
| KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
| Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
| LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The TCP port in the local host where the component binds. |
| MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
| MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
| RecordLength | The length of received data records. |
| TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
| UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
| TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
| AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
| FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
| InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
| OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
| CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |