Re: intercepting syscalls

2005-04-19 Thread Terje Malmedal
[Arjan van de Ven] >> What do I do the next time I need to do something like this? > use kprobes or so to actually replace the faulty lower level function.. > you don't know from how many different angles the lower level function > is called, so you're really best of by replacing it at the lowes

Re: intercepting syscalls

2005-04-18 Thread Terje Malmedal
[Arjan van de Ven] >> > but also about doing things at the right layer. The syscall layer is >> > almost NEVER the right layer. >> > >> > Can you explain exactly what you are trying to do (it's not a secret I >> > assume, kernel modules are GPL and open source after all, esp such >> > invasive on

Re: Remote Management (was Re: Alert on LAN)

2001-03-15 Thread Terje Malmedal
[Chip Salzenberg] > IBM says, as quoted by Terje Malmedal: >> With the latest release, Alert on LAN 2 now extends IT >> capabilities to remotely manage and control their >> networked PCs: >> >> Remote system reboot upon report of a critical failure >>

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-14 Thread Terje Malmedal
nable it in the BIOS. > On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Terje Malmedal wrote: >> >> Alert on LAN seems to have some useful functionality, if I understand >> things correctly they have enhanced Wake-on-LAN to allow you to do >> things like reset the machine, update the BIOS and su

Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-13 Thread Terje Malmedal
Alert on LAN seems to have some useful functionality, if I understand things correctly they have enhanced Wake-on-LAN to allow you to do things like reset the machine, update the BIOS and such by sending magic packets which are interpreted by the network card. Or maybe I am reading too much into