On 11/5/05, Fawad Lateef <fawadlateef@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/5/05, Sebastian Skar <sebastianskar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to execute an executable ELF file > > > > > from within the kernel ? > > > > > something like fork+execve from a kernel module ? > > > > > > > > Yes, you can exceute a user space application through > > > > call_usermodehelper function. But keep in mind that the application > > > > will run with root rights but run in user space ... > > > > > > > thanks! > > > it says that it "Must be called from process context". > > > can i use it from kernel module's init function ? > > Yes it can be called from init_module (its confirm, I used it that > way) ! And AFAIK init_module is called at process context through > insmod .... > > Thanks, Fawad ! Sebba. > -- > Fawad Lateef > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
