Systemtap with no root required

[David Smith]

Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> David Smith <dsmith@redhat.com> writes:
> 
>> Here's the latest on being able to run systemtap without root
>> privileges required.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>> Here's a description of the current plan.  There are 2 linux groups
>> (feel free to suggest better names):
>>
>> "stapdev" - Systemtap developer, who can do anything with systemtap
> 
> This corresponds to the sudo empowerment whose support was removed as
> a part of this patch.  (One can still run "sudo stap ...", and the
> code treats one as an stapdev.)

Oops, I forgot to mention this.  Yes, the 'root' user is treated as a 
member of 'stapdev' even if he is not.  So, root can do anything with 
systemtap he wants.

>> I've attached a compressed patch which implements the above.  [...]
> 
> It'd be almost easier to see the code in situ.  Have you been
> developing on a CVS branch?  It's not too late!

I hadn't thought of it.  It would be easy enough to do.

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