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monitor interprocess pipe traffic

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Mar 15, 202611289 views
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I have two Linux processes communicating via a nameless pipe. How can monitor the traffic in the pipe? How can I inject data into the pipe? I have root access and know the pipe inode.

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A nameless pipe is by nature private to the applications that have the file descriptor. There's no principled way to observe or modify the traffic on the pipe. I don't think there's a way to look at the pipe directly on Linux, either. There is an un…

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