* Thibault, Daniel (daniel.thiba...@drdc-rddc.gc.ca) wrote: > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Mathieu Desnoyers [mailto:mathieu.desnoy...@efficios.com] > Envoyé : 8 août 2013 11:22 > > * Thibault, Daniel (daniel.thiba...@drdc-rddc.gc.ca) wrote: > > 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 ? > > Mathieu > -----Fin du message d'origine----- > > Yeah, that's a fairly good way of saying you need a root > lttng-sessiond daemon and some means of giving it instructions. > Since it is theoretically possible for a third-party application to > send instructions directly to the root lttng-sessiond daemon (using > the API) without using the lttng client, maybe that could be > phrased "... or root user ID for lttng clients." (Or am I mistaken > in that belief?)
That's right. It seems clear to me. 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/> -- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com _______________________________________________ lttng-dev mailing list lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org http://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev
