=?iso-8859-1?Q?Ferm=EDn_Gal=E1n_M=E1rquez?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:

> but, in spite of the message, it seems not being working because the file
> "foo" doesn't get created in the virtual machine filesystem.
>
> Googling for "uml_mconsole exec", I found the following at
> http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/faq.html:
>
> "What's Mconsole exec? It adds the "exec" command to uml_mconsole; it allows
> you to start an arbitrary command through mconsole. It will be passed to
> /bin/sh -c, so you have all the shell power at hand. It must be enabled when
> compiling the kernel (because you might not want to allow this to the host
> admin)."

You have to patch your kernel with one of blaisor's patches:

http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/guest/uml-VERSION-XX/broken-out/uml-mconsole_exec

After that it should work.


Thanks for pointing it out though. It's a really useful feature that
should help me overcome my IP problem.

-- 
Nic Ferrier
http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk   for all your tapsell ferrier needs

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