On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:17:15AM +0100, Andrew Larkum wrote: > Hi, > > Is this the right place to be asking questions? sure is. > If so, can you tell me how to start a user-process from a kernel module. You shouldn't need to do this. Perhaps if you tell us why you think you need to do so, we could point out a better way of designing. But if you really must know, see exec_usermodehelper() regards john -- "If you're not part of the problem, you're part of the problem space." - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/