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How can i list or detect active mailslots?

Hello,
I'm trying to detect active mailslots running on system.I normally can detect if i know the exact name of mailslot that active but if its having some randomly generated characters to extend that name i can't detect it.
So I'm curious if is there a way to detect or list active mailslots running on the system?
Regards

tampnic

I am assuming we are talking about Windows here. Don't know if mailslots are used on *NIX systems.

Get a copy of "process explorer" from sysinternals http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html

Start PE and search (File Handle) for \Device\Mailslot:

Alternatively, if you need to do this from code you can enumerate the files in the \\.\mailslot directory.

Cheers,
Chris

tampnic

Corrected link for Process Explorer - the one above is dead

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653

Cheers,
Chris

juberti

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Hello tampnic,
I'm trying to add such check for my local security program which im using for my own usage, So basically i need a code sample for it:)
Thanks for your help.

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juberti

ASKER

Hello,
Somehow it doesnt list or detect mailslots in vista :/, I dunno why or whats wrong...
Regards

tampnic

You might need elevated privileges to view the mailslots. Try altering the option Linker-> Manifest File -> UAC Execution Level to "requireAdministator". This will cause your program to ask for elevated privileges before executing.

Cheers,
Chris