Re: geteuid() while debugging
Re: geteuid() while debugging
- Subject: Re: geteuid() while debugging
- From: "Justin C. Walker" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:54:12 -0700
On Jun 25, 2005, at 15:41 , Adam Nohejl wrote:
2005/06/25 v 21:58, Justin C. Walker:
You have to run gdb as root to debug processess running as root.
(If you think about it, it makes sense.)
I don't know whether there's any way for Xcode to run gdb as root
but you can do it yourself (using sudo) if you don't depend on
Xcode's GUI.
[snip]
I think you have to log in as root to do this; as I recall a
change was made to Mac OS X a while back to prohibit launching GUI
apps as root while logged in as not-root (or, perhaps, just
prohibiting launching GUI apps under a different ID than that of
the logged-in user; I forget).
Not really. If one really needs to run a GUI application as root
it's quite easy using sudo, e.g.:
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit &
Right you are; I was talking about "sudo open ....", which sheds the
'root' ID when it runs (i.e., it switches to that of the logged-in
user).
I'd forgotten that 'open' isn't really needed for the app itself.
This was changed because it was perceived (I think) as a security
issue...
Regards,
Justin
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Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large
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