Sean Liu wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've been trying to figure out some PAM issue, however it's difficult to use
> dTrace on it, just because of the nature of PAM - it dynamically loads
> libraries specified in /etc/pam.conf.
>
> So if you specify the probes upon app startup, most pam* modules are not
> loaded yet so they would not match any probes, Then it'll be difficult to set
> break points with mdb and use dtrace in the same time.
>
> What's the best practice of doing this kind of trace?
off the top of my head ...
I'd split this up in two:
1) a script that waits for modload to be called, if the library loaded is
the one you need, system ("dtace ...") the second script:
2) trace your library.
HTH
Michael
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Michael Schuster
Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion'
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