[CentOS] strace issue in 5.5?

Sat Feb 19 23:36:32 UTC 2011
Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorbius at gmail.com>

on 13:29 Sat 19 Feb, Eric Gerzon (ericgerzon at gmail.com) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to get some more information about the following issue:
> 
> # strace -p 2256
> attach: ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, ...): Operation not permitted

As root?  (Prompt suggests yes).

Is another strace attached to the process already (or gdb session)?

Some kernel hardening / selinux features may interfere with this as
well, though I don't know specifics.
 
> I am trying to trace an mdadm re-sync pid and I keep getting the above
> error.
> 
> I have done some digging on google and forums, but have not had much luck.
> 
> Redhat-release says
> 
> CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
> 
> uname:
> 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5
> 
> Any help would be great.

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