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Re: gdb/1622: vfork; no such file; root; access rights??
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: nobody at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-prs at sources dot redhat dot com,
- Date: 25 Apr 2004 14:38:03 -0000
- Subject: Re: gdb/1622: vfork; no such file; root; access rights??
- Reply-to: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
The following reply was made to PR gdb/1622; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: zickzack@w84u.org
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: gdb/1622: vfork; no such file; root; access rights??
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:30:59 -0400
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 05:43:15PM -0000, zickzack@w84u.org wrote:
> after seting breakpoint on main, when "run", gdb exits, says no such file or directory. strace'ing it shows, that the vfork call does not work.
> But it works when being root; so I guess it has to do with access rights. Anyway, the whole path and the file is 755.
> The problem is observed with any file, not just this one.
>
> A more detailed description (with output) was posted in the gentoo user forum; the report can be reviewed at:
>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=164725&highlight=
The strace log doesn't say the problem has anything to do with vfork.
The output comes from the child, some time after vfork.
It looks to me like $SHELL is set to a nonexistant or broken shell.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer