From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 07:08:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7161137B414 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:08:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A9E43FD7 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:08:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5GE84cm032076 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:08:07 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h5GE83kK032075; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:08:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:08:03 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Steve Coile Message-ID: <20030616140803.GA31859@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Steve Coile , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "truss man" doesn't show *anything* X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:08:12 -0000 --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 04:59:11AM -0400, Steve Coile wrote: > I've just installed a new software package that includes manual pages. > When I try to read the pages with "man -M ", I'm told the > manual page doesn't exist. When I use "truss man -M ", > truss generates *NO* output. Is that normal? man(1) is a SUID executable: % ls -la /usr/bin/man=20 -r-sr-xr-x 1 man wheel 29752 May 23 21:59 /usr/bin/man* Hence truss(1) and other process tracing software like gdb(1) will refuse to show you it's inner workings on the grounds of system security. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+7c9DdtESqEQa7a0RAjm7AKCcSDACxL9EnK06jWPCcXA0E274mACeNpfx kaUBWAFbsCQ4ZSs96zSkqF0= =MrCE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL--