python fixing

[XSV_SOLJA]

Hi, is there anyone interested in helping me with a python project? It's a small script to give root access to a remote pc over internet, im not very good and have lost practice..

[XSV_SOLJA]

okay okay you want the source code

 

 

 

beginging:

it gives an error with 'pid = os.fork()' and says module doesnt have 'fork'

import sys
from socket import *
import string
import os
import time
import popen2
import signal

def daemonize():
pid = os.fork()
if(pid != 0):
	os._exit(0)

 

...and a whole lot of code...

 

 

 

ending:

im guessing that once above error is fixed this will come as well. it just says that 'daemonize()' has an error, and no discription

if __name__ == "__main__":
daemonize()
main()

 

Edited April 6, 2011 by XSV_SOLJA

[daredevil]

I think Aigle/Gao is good at python and I am not sure who anyone else is here.

[Aigle]

I would need a little bit more information...

What OS are you trying to run this script on?

What python version are you using?

 

If I had to debug the code, I would try to use a script already done with the fork() function to know if you have it on your system. So try this code:

 

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os, sys

print "I'm going to fork now - the child will write something to a pipe, and the parent will read it back"

r, w = os.pipe() # these are file descriptors, not file objects

pid = os.fork()
if pid:
   # we are the parent
   os.close(w) # use os.close() to close a file descriptor
   r = os.fdopen(r) # turn r into a file object
   print "parent: reading"
   txt = r.read()
   os.waitpid(pid, 0) # make sure the child process gets cleaned up
else:
   # we are the child
   os.close(r)
   w = os.fdopen(w, 'w')
   print "child: writing"
   w.write("here's some text from the child")
   w.close()
   print "child: closing"
   sys.exit(0)

print "parent: got it; text =", txt

 

Copy/paste from http://www.myelin.co...post/2003/3/13/

 

It works perfectly on my Suse box:

[17:08:13 root@jodion.rp10:~ ()]# ./test.py
I'm going to fork now - the child will write something to a pipe, and the parent will read it back
parent: reading
child: writing
child: closing
parent: got it; text = here's some text from the child

 

 

From the Python docs:

os.fork()

Fork a child process. Return 0 in the child and the child’s process id in the parent. If an error occurs OSError is raised.

Note that some platforms including FreeBSD <= 6.3, Cygwin and OS/2 EMX have known issues when using fork() from a thread.

Availability: Unix.

 

 

So if you are using Windows + cygwin, it might not work perfectly...

[XSV_SOLJA]

therefore i hate windows

 

..no wait even more reason to get a nix box