Changing the EAX register with Python

[Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens]

Hi,
just read my mail :-)
You can just build an debugger in python yourself.
The script I posted should give you an idea.

Am Fr, 19.11.2010, 08:17 schrieb Tim Roberts:
> dutche <dutche at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Hi folks, I have a unusual question here.
>>
>>How can I change the value of EAX register under python under Linux??
>>As paimei does under Windows.
>>
>>My project is to have a python program that loads a C program and sets
>>a breakpoint at some address, and then with this breakpoint I change
>>the EAX register and then continue the program execution.
>>
>>With Windows and paimei I did that, but under Linux I don't know yet.
>
> You will need to find a Linux application equivalent to PaiMei.  Your
> question is not "how can I change EAX", your question is "where can I find
> a Linux debugger that can be controlled from Python?"
>
> I don't know the answer to that.  gdb is quite powerful, and you can
> certainly control it by connecting to its stdin and stdout connections.
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MfG,

Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens

IT Architect