You could probably do it with ptrace(2) with request = PTRACE_POKEDATA thanks, Joel On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Hatem Nassrat <hnassrat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible to, manipulate an environment variables of an already > running process (using a current linux distro, and not a self hacked > kernel)? > > A usecase, changing the PS1 environement var of an already running > bash process from another bash process. > > Any ideas? > > -- > Hatem Nassrat > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs