From dd709581d5750d11eaa8e96f64ff62f16b8f6201 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: RaNaN Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:36:15 +0200 Subject: rename process --- b/module/lib/rename_process.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 b/module/lib/rename_process.py (limited to 'b/module/lib/rename_process.py') diff --git a/b/module/lib/rename_process.py b/b/module/lib/rename_process.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2aa270171 --- /dev/null +++ b/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 -- cgit v1.2.3