Tauno Voipio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Pascal Bourguignon wrote:
>
>> In unix, disks are files like any other file. So if your programming
>> language allows you to read and write files, it allows you to read and
>> write disks.
>> Just write the equivalent of:
>> int fd=open("/dev/hda",O_RDWR,0);
>> if(0<==fd){
>> check_errors(lseek(fd,SECT_SIZE*sect_num,SEEK_SET));
>> check_errors(read(fd,buffer,SECT_SIZE));
>> modify(buffer);
>> check_errors(lseek(fd,SECT_SIZE*sect_num,SEEK_SET));
>> check_errors(write(fd,buffer,SECT_SIZE)); close(fd); }
>> and be sure to have the access rights on /dev/hda (and to know what
>> you're doing!).
>
> This means in practice that your program has to run
> with root rights to handle complete disks or partitions.
Not necessarily. We can see things like: chown oracle /dev/hdc
> Are you attempting to create a boot block virus?
I suppose that's what he is, in python...
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