[Libguestfs] sample code for guestfs_hivex_node_set_value
Richard W.M. Jones
rjones at redhat.com
Mon Dec 3 22:29:52 UTC 2012
On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 03:35:49PM -0500, Skippy VonDrake wrote:
> Is there any sample code available to demonstrate the use of the
> guestfs_hivex_node_set_value API?
I don't think any real code uses this API. They all use the more
useful hivex_node_set_values instead (which is not bound yet via the
libguestfs API -- a missing feature).
However there is some test code:
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/blob/master/perl/t/210-setvalue.t
> I have no problem traversing and reading keys using libguestfs hivex
> wrappers - but continue to fail on any write attempts.
> The return is always -1 and errno is unchanged.
It's entirely possible that the libguestfs bindings are buggy. See:
https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/blob/master/daemon/hivex.c#L383
> I've set the environment variable HIVEX_DEBUG to 1 on a chance that
> this may help - but it doesn't.
No, unfortunately this environment variable is not passed through to
the daemon. You could try doing:
guestfs_h *g = guestfs_create ();
guestfs_set_verbose (g, 1);
// ...
guestfs_launch (g);
// ...
char *env[] = { "HIVEX_DEBUG", 1 };
guestfs_debug (g, "setenv", env);
all before calling guestfs_hivex_open.
> The only sample I can find in the sources that use hivex is the
> "virt-dhcp-address.c" sample.
> But it does not write to the registry.
Probably best to look at perl code in hivex for some ideas, eg:
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/blob/master/perl/lib/Win/Hivex/Regedit.pm
Rich.
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