Could not attach debugger

[Milian Wolff]

On Friday 24 June 2011 14:17:49 Mahmood Naderan wrote:
> Hi
> When I to attach a process to gdb in kdevelop I get this error
> 
> Could not attach debugger:
> ptrace: Operation not permitted.
> 
> What should I do?

Google for the error message and change the ptrace settings:

fromt the very first hit:

"And the solution is just either do this (as root):

$ echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope

…or make it permanent by setting ptrace_scope to 0 in /etc/sysctl.d/10-
ptrace.conf"

see also:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Roadmap/KernelHardening#ptrace_Protection


-- 
Milian Wolff
mail at milianw.de
http://milianw.de
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