ddd question on fc3

STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) stymar at lucent.com
Mon Sep 12 14:41:15 UTC 2005


> machines refuses to let anybody but root run ddd (graphical debugger  
> front end to gdb).  On the other - anybody can run ddd. (And 
> this stays  
> the same even with profile and user home directory copied from one  
> machine to the other.)  Wierd.
> 
> I have checked and re-checked environments, file/device permissions,  
> etc. until I'm fed up.  I even went so far :-) as to RTFM and  
> everything else I could find a second time.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated on this one.
> 
When all else fails, run "strace ddd someloadmod" on the
box which does not work.  You will eventually execute a system
call which comes back with a permission denied error code.  That
should point you to the problem.

Bob Styma 




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