[Pidgin] #4990: Pidgin needs sys_ptrace capability

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Sun Jul 20 20:11:00 EDT 2008


#4990: Pidgin needs sys_ptrace capability
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  Reporter:  RSz           |       Owner:  lschiere
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:          
 Component:  unclassified  |     Version:  2.2.1   
Resolution:                |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by QuLogic):

 According to the AppArmor Troubleshooting section:
 > The current kernel requires the SYS_PTRACE capability, if a process
 tries to access files in `/proc/pid/fd/*`.
 I'm not really sure where that's used exactly, though.

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