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Re: Delete myDriver.kext files from normal user.
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Re: Delete myDriver.kext files from normal user.


  • Subject: Re: Delete myDriver.kext files from normal user.
  • From: Jacques Petit <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:28:53 -0400

It's a security flaw. Assuming you had an error in your code that allowed that allowed the string to be exploited, the system call would allow a person to do anything in the computer, subject to the permissions your process has.

On 17-Oct-08, at 5:17 PM, Jonathon Kuo wrote:

On Oct 17, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote:

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Sachin Kumar <email@hidden > wrote:
I am using system("rm -r myDriver.kext") to delete the file.

Please, *don't do this*. Pretend 'system' doesn't exist. unlink(2) does exactly what you're looking for.

Just curious why the recommendation against system()?


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