Re: Parfait and UoM (java) RPM packages
"Nathan Scott" <[email protected]>
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----- Original Message ----- > [...] > >> It seems that any user who is able (*) to start the same application can > >> "override" the metrics for everyone else. > > > > That's correct - permissions are all filesystem-based - any user can > > remove/ > > truncate/overwrite their own files. We could perhaps add some file locking > > here, and prevent the second process from starting... not sure if that's > > the > > right thing to do always though. > > I'd say it's a surprise that this happens by default, especially in the > case of Java as the man page says handling of these files is hidden in > libraries like Parfait, one would expect to see new instances like > everywhere else, not overriding existing metrics. > Its come from a world where java applications are daemons and tend to monopolize a machine, so its not really been an issue before. There is certainly scope for improvement though. cheers. -- Nathan -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- pcp mailing list [email protected] https://groups.io/g/pcp/messages -=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#14566): https://groups.io/g/pcp/message/14566 View All Messages In Topic (21): https://groups.io/g/pcp/topic/2895998 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/2895998?uid=174580 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/pcp/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/pcp/editsub?uid=174580 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/pcp Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/pcp/leave/354243/563757577/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-