[SSSD] [PATCH] enable debugging of krb5_child

Dmitri Pal dpal at redhat.com
Mon Oct 12 14:47:55 UTC 2009


Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> On 10/12/2009 10:29 AM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 09:49 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> >> This is what the ELAPI is for.
> > No ELAPI is for logging not for the debug stuff, and an api can't
> > overcome file permissions no more than anything else.
>
> ELAPI has sinks that could pass it to the log daemon running as root.
> This is what I was proposing.

ELAPI is intended to be used for debug streams too.
One of the things I  was planning to add is permissions and ownership of
the log file.
I will open a ticket for that anyways.

>
> > Just pass the fd to the client, it's simple and doesn't require us to
> > replicate logic to open/close debug files in the children.
>
> I didn't realize you could do that.
>

I am not sure this approach is portable.
I know Solaris and Linux can do it.
I am not sure HP-UX can.


> > Simo.
>
>
>
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Engineering Manager IPA project,
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