Fix pushed into master et stable-2.2
commit 30d5429919f43ec6ec35fe1353f74ae50e60b9d7
Author: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoy...@efficios.com>
Date: Fri Aug 16 16:48:08 2013 -0400
Fix: imprecise error message about root sessiond/tracing group
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoy...@efficios.com>
* 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?)
>
> Daniel U. Thibault
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