[lttng-dev] [PATCH lttng-tools] Fix:LTTNG_ERR_NEED_ROOT_SESSIOND error message

[Thibault, Daniel]

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Mathieu Desnoyers [mailto:mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com] 
Envoyé : 8 août 2013 11:22

* Thibault, Daniel (Daniel.Thibault at 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
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   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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