From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:54:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:54:05 -0400 Received: from [64.64.109.142] ([64.64.109.142]:46089 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:53:59 -0400 Message-ID: <3B3B6F30.E88DF9F3@didntduck.org> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:53:52 -0400 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael J Clark CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: A system call in the kernel In-Reply-To: <200106281714.f5SHEmJ14746@pobox.upenn.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michael J Clark wrote: > > Any ideas on hot to easily call an outside program from the kernel (like > system(), exec()....) Is this possible? Thanks Check exec_usermodehelper in kmod.c -- Brian Gerst