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Re:Strace - The Sysadmin's Microscope by spullara on Friday January 06, 2012 @12:02AM (#3432048)
With dtrace you don't run your program as root. Dtrace runs as root. It isn't a launcher like strace.
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Re:Strace - The Sysadmin's Microscope by onedognight on Saturday January 07, 2012 @12:35AM (#3436293)
I'm referring to dtruss which is a launcher like strace and is built on dtrace. The dtruss "interface" predates dtrace, but historically didn't need to be run a root.
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