StartService Method
Requests the given service on a target channel.
Syntax
sshclient.startService(channelId, service, parameter, [callback])
Callback
The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).
The callback for this method is defined as:
function(err){ }
'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.
'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:
err.code err.message
Remarks
After a "session" channel has been opened by a call to OpenChannel, a service may be requested for that channel. ChannelId identifies the channel on which the service is to be started.
Service identifies the service being requested. The following list defines some known services:
| "shell" | Starts a shell on the |
| "exec" | Executes the command identified by Parameter. |
| "subsystem" | Starts up a subsystem identified by Parameter, such as "sftp". |