[NFBCS] How to install and use this? - Linux

[Jonesy Cee]

Do you interact with Colonel modules the same way that you can an executable file in terminal?

I can follow the installation instructions, but says nothing about usage.


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> On Mar 30, 2021, at 10:48 AM, Willem Venter via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi. It seems like it is built as a kernel module.
> Modules are basically arbitrary binary blobs that conform to the
> kernel's module interface. Loaded modules can register interrupts that
> trigger when specific things happen, e.g. hardware state changes. From
> there it can run any custom code it wants to. A lot of functionality
> is made posseble by using the kernel API (exposed to the program
> through the kernel headers).
> 
> HTH
> - Willem Venter
> 
>> On 3/30/21, Jonesy Cee via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I am wanting to install the following on my raspberry pies that are mining
>> crypto to prevent possibility that someone could steal my wallet.
>> 
>> https://github.com/NateBrune/silk-guardian
>> 
>> The instructions say the following,
>> 
>> To run:
>> 
>> make
>> sudo insmod silk.ko
>> You will need to have the linux-headerspackage installed. If you haven't:
>> 
>> sudo apt-get install linux-headers
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> — from what I understand, I need to use the command to install the headers,
>> cd to where I downloaded it in terminal, type “make” and then just “ sudo
>> insmod silk.ko”. There really isn’t any other instructions besides that? How
>> is it that I actually turn it on or off or use the other features that it
>> talks about?
>> 
>> I appreciate any help that anyone can give!
>> 
>> “ Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the
>> eye.”
>> ~ Helen Keller
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