From: hanseld <ha...@us...> - 2008-04-15 15:22:20
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Update of /cvsroot/oprofile/oprofile/doc In directory sc8-pr-cvs3.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv22501/doc Modified Files: Tag: JIT_SUPPORT oprofile.xml Log Message: Using special user account (i.e. 'oprofile:oprofile') to convert the JIT dump files instead of the root user Index: oprofile.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/oprofile/oprofile/doc/oprofile.xml,v retrieving revision 1.164.2.8 retrieving revision 1.164.2.9 diff -u -p -d -r1.164.2.8 -r1.164.2.9 --- oprofile.xml 8 Feb 2008 23:58:27 -0000 1.164.2.8 +++ oprofile.xml 15 Apr 2008 15:22:19 -0000 1.164.2.9 @@ -165,6 +165,17 @@ For information on how to use OProfile's </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term>Required user account</term> + <listitem><para> + For secure processing of sample data from JIT virtual machines (e.g., Java), + the special user account "oprofile" must exist on the system. The 'configure' + and 'make install' operations will print warning/error messages if this + account is not found. Additionally, a runtime error message is printed to + the oprofile daemon log when processing JIT samples if this special user + account cannot be found. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> <term>OProfile GUI</term> <listitem><para> The use of the GUI to start the profiler requires the <filename>Qt 2</filename> library. <filename>Qt 3</filename> should |