hi, i'm having problems while executing mysql client from a work queue (process context), but with no problems other executable files (simple daemon i've programmed) the code is: (connection is a global structure) static void my_call_usermodehelper(void *data) { int err; struct sendbuffer_t *sendbuffer = data; /* prepare data */ sendbuffer->argv[0] = "/usr/bin/mysql"; sendbuffer->argv[1] = "--host='localhost'"; sendbuffer->argv[2] = "--user='user'"; sendbuffer->argv[3] = "--password='passwd'"; sprintf(tmp, "--execute=\"USE pnvoip; INSERT INTO connections (id,src_ip,src_port,dst_ip,dst_port,bytes,packets,start_time,finish_time) VALUES ('%s',%u,%d,%u,%d,%d,%d,'%lu','%lu');\"",connection->id,connection->saddr,connection->sport,connection->daddr,connection->dport,connection->bytes,connection->packets,connection->first_seen,connection->last_seen); sendbuffer->argv[4] = tmp; sendbuffer->argv[5] = NULL; sendbuffer->envp[0] = "HOME=/"; sendbuffer->envp[1] = "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"; sendbuffer->envp[2] = NULL; printk(KERN_INFO "call_usermodehelper(%s %s %s %s %s %s); \n",sendbuffer->argv[0],sendbuffer->argv[1],sendbuffer->argv[2],sendbuffer->argv[3],sendbuffer->argv[4], sendbuffer->argv[5]); if ((err = call_usermodehelper(sendbuffer->argv[0], sendbuffer->argv, sendbuffer->envp, 0)) < 0) printk(KERN_INFO "exec mysql failed (error = %d)!\n", err); } the /var/log/messages file prints out: Jan 4 14:12:28 localhost kernel: call_usermodehelper(/usr/bin/mysql --host='localhost' --user='pnvoip_user' --password='pnvoip_passwd' --execute="USE pnvoip; INSERT INTO connections (callid,src_ip,src_port,dst_ip,dst_port,bytes,packets,start_time,finish_time) VALUES ('RTP_192.168.0.1.53_192.168.0.23.32790',16820416,53,385919168,32790,13560,1,'1136380346','1136380346'); COMMIT;" <NULL>); (this command is correct, i've pasted on a termnal and it adds a row to my table) any idea to solve that? or what it's not working? thanks, regards, toni -- toni <agar9938@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/