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Re: pmlogconf including proc metrics?

To: Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: pmlogconf including proc metrics?
From: fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:32:03 -0400
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In-reply-to: <51E91E01.6060602@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Ken McDonell's message of "Fri, 19 Jul 2013 21:07:45 +1000")
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Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> since the proc pmda is not typically installed, should this be in the
> pmlogconf files we ship?

Good point; perhaps the appropriate pmlogconf conditional deserves to be
in src/pmlogconf/tools/vmstat.

OTOH, with the authentication code now working, we should install the
proc pmda by default (in a secure mode; in src/pmdas/linux_proc/contexts.c
proc_ctx_access(), use uid/gid=nobody if ! CTX_USERID.

- FChE

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