* Thibault, Daniel ([email protected]) wrote: > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 14:58:05 -0400 > From: J?r?mie Galarneau <[email protected]> > > A root session daemon _and_ "tracing" group user membership are required to > trace the kernel. > > --- > src/common/error.c | 2 +- > > - [ ERROR_INDEX(LTTNG_ERR_NEED_ROOT_SESSIOND) ] = "Tracing the kernel > requires a root lttng-sessiond daemon or \"tracing\" group user membership", > + [ ERROR_INDEX(LTTNG_ERR_NEED_ROOT_SESSIOND) ] = "Tracing the kernel > requires a root lttng-sessiond daemon and \"tracing\" group user membership", > > Unless there's been a change in the code, that is just not true. You can > trace the kernel just fine without 'tracing' group membership, as long as you > have sudo privileges (and can thus call 'sudo -H lttng'). The root daemon is > necessary either way: the text should just read "Tracing the kernel requires > a root lttng-sessiond daemon".
The actual right way to word it would be: Tracing the kernel requires a root lttng-sessiond daemon, as well as \"tracing\" group membership or root user ID for the lttng client. Makes sense ? Thanks, Mathieu > > Daniel U. Thibault > Protection des systèmes et contremesures (PSC) | Systems Protection & > Countermeasures (SPC) > Cyber sécurité pour les missions essentielles (CME) | Mission Critical Cyber > Security (MCCS) > R & D pour la défense Canada - Valcartier (RDDC Valcartier) | Defence R&D > Canada - Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier) > 2459 route de la Bravoure > Québec QC G3J 1X5 > CANADA > Vox : (418) 844-4000 x4245 > Fax : (418) 844-4538 > NAC : 918V QSDJ <http://www.travelgis.com/map.asp?addr=918V%20QSDJ> > Gouvernement du Canada | Government of Canada > <http://www.valcartier.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/> > > _______________________________________________ > lttng-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev -- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com _______________________________________________ lttng-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev
