[Shotwell] Call for testing

Gustaf Thorslund gustaf at thorslund.org
Sat Dec 11 21:12:44 UTC 2010


Hi Vadim,

Vadim Peretokin wrote at 11/12/10 15:06:05 -0500

> I tried to get a backtrace via GDB, but attaching did not work:
> 
> (gdb) attach 8583
> 
> Attaching to process 8583
> 
> Could not attach to process.  If your uid matches the uid of the target
> 
> process, check the setting of /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope, or try
> 
> again as the root user.  For more details, see /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf
> 
> ptrace: Operation not permitted.
> 

The reason for this is described here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Roadmap/KernelHardening#ptrace%20Protection

/Gustaf



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