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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/debugger/creator-debugger.qdoc | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/debugger/creator-debugger.qdoc b/doc/src/debugger/creator-debugger.qdoc index f9429d1ffc..ff73ad3c14 100644 --- a/doc/src/debugger/creator-debugger.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/debugger/creator-debugger.qdoc @@ -1327,8 +1327,10 @@ However, the usefulness of this security measure seems dubious, because this feature can be easily disabled. With root permissions, you can - disable the feature immediately by writing \c{0} into - \c{/proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope}. Even if you do not have elevated + disable the feature temporarily by writing \c{0} into + \c{/proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope} or permanently by changing + the value in \c{/etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf}. + Even if you do not have elevated permissions, you can disable the feature later by adding a library that calls \c{prctl(0x59616d61, getppid(), 0, 0, 0);}, such as the one in \c{$QTCREATORDIR/lib/libptracepreload.so} to the LD_PRELOAD environment. |