On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, draeath wrote:
> I needed to send the text "Yes" followed by a return. I was root,
> which you would probably need to be (or be the user who 'owns' the
> process).
>
> Code:
> echo Yes > /proc/1337/fd/0
> If you don't want to send the return (newline) use "echo -n"
> as such: echo -n Yes > /proc/1337/fd/0
one assumes that these /proc tree entries have the usual
restrictions of only accepting input from root and the EUID
/ EGID of the owning process
... a quick perusal confirms this
-- Russ herrold
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