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

[Jim Barbour]

Mostly, you can install/run or remove/stop kernel modules.  Sometimes they will have configuration files to read.  In this case, it looks like they expect you to edit the source code and then recompile to configure it.

Jim

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:55:38PM -0400, Jonesy Cee via NFBCS wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> “ Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” 
> ~ Helen Keller
> 
> > 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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