4 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/module/lib/rename_process.py b/module/lib/rename_process.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2aa270171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/lib/rename_process.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import sys
+import os.path
+
+
+def RenameProcess(new_name):
+    """ Renames the process calling the function to the given name. """
+    if sys.platform != 'linux2':
+        print 'Unsupported platform'
+        return False
+    try:
+        import ctypes
+        is_64 = os.path.exists('/lib64/libc.so.6')
+        if is_64:
+            libc = ctypes.CDLL('/lib64/libc.so.6')
+        else:
+            libc = ctypes.CDLL('/lib/libc.so.6')
+        libc.prctl(15, new_name, 0, 0, 0)
+        return True
+    except:
+        print "rename failed"
+        return False
diff --git a/pyLoadCli.py b/pyLoadCli.py
index fd5bfbc1c..92d382db1 100644
--- a/pyLoadCli.py
+++ b/pyLoadCli.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from module.utils import formatSize, decode
 import ConfigParser
 from module.remote.thriftbackend.ThriftClient import ThriftClient, NoConnection, NoSSL, WrongLogin, ConnectionClosed
 from module.lib.Getch import Getch
+from module.lib.rename_process import RenameProcess
 
 class Cli:
     def __init__(self, client, command):
@@ -427,6 +428,7 @@ def writeConfig(opts):
         print _("Couldn't write user config file")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    RenameProcess('pyLoadCli')
     config = {"addr": "127.0.0.1", "port": "7227", "language": "en"}
     try:
         config["language"] = os.environ["LANG"][0:2]
diff --git a/pyLoadCore.py b/pyLoadCore.py
index cc77ac88e..5197e4a9a 100755
--- a/pyLoadCore.py
+++ b/pyLoadCore.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ from module.remote.RemoteManager import RemoteManager
 from module.database import DatabaseBackend
 from module.database import FileHandler
 
+from module.lib.rename_process import RenameProcess
+
 from module.utils import freeSpace, formatSize, compare_time
 
 from codecs import getwriter
@@ -914,6 +916,8 @@ def deamon():
 
 # And so it begins... 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    #change name to 'pyLoadCore'
+    RenameProcess('pyLoadCore')
 
     if "--daemon" in sys.argv:
         deamon()
diff --git a/pyLoadGui.py b/pyLoadGui.py
index 6935c502e..d5c20bb83 100755
--- a/pyLoadGui.py
+++ b/pyLoadGui.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ from module.gui.Collector import *
 from module.gui.XMLParser import *
 from module.gui.CoreConfigParser import ConfigParser
 
+from module.lib.rename_process import RenameProcess
+
 from module.remote.thriftbackend.thriftgen.pyload.ttypes import *
 
 try:
@@ -778,6 +780,7 @@ class Notification(QObject):
             self.tray.showMessage("pyload", body)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    RenameProcess('pyLoadGui')
     app = main()
     app.loop()