Re^2: Reading streams, perl variables when script is running

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On Windows, it is quite similar, except that there is a separate privilege your user account needs, "Debug Privilege", to attach a debugger to a process not owned by you. As the article says, you can debug your own processes without that.

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Re^3: Reading streams, perl variables when script is running by oiskuu (Hermit) on Jan 04, 2014 at 20:44 UTC
Modern Linux also uses such privileges, called capabilities. CAP_SYS_PTRACE lets you trace arbitrary processes. It is also possible to give capabilities to an executable.	[reply]

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