Thanks for the patch, I think it sounds like a good idea. For consistency, however, we need to do the same modifications to the other platforms (solaris, windows) and preferably add tests for this functionality as well.
/Staffan On 5 jul 2013, at 18:03, Elliott Baron <eba...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On 06/05/2013 06:05 PM, Elliott Baron wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We use Hotspot's dynamic attach mechanism in our Thermostat monitoring tool >> [1], however we have discovered a bit of a problem with access control. One >> of our typical use-cases is to have our agent running as root, which will >> monitor all JVMs on the machine. We have noticed that our agent with root >> privileges cannot attach to other unprivileged users VMs, which seems to go >> against the principle of the root user. >> >> I have attached a Hotspot patch and JDK patch targeting 7u-dev to allow root >> to attach to any user's VMs. I'd appreciate it if someone could take a look. >> >> Thanks, >> Elliott >> >> [1] http://icedtea.classpath.org/thermostat/ > > Ping, just making sure this patch doesn't slip through the cracks. > > Thanks, > Elliott
