On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 07:29:44PM -0000, jnf@redwhitearmy.com wrote: > I was originally trying this with a kernel_thread()/execve() and was > having the same problem, I was told it was because dup required a process > context and that I should be using call_usermodehelper. Honestly, I don't > know enough to have a personal preference between the two, is there a way > to do this with the previous method? or really any other method? As you are trying to do something you admit should not be done in the first place, I wouldn't spend too much time trying to get it to work, if I were you :) greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/