Program on
Linux (and maybe other
flavours of
UN*X?) to run a command, logging all
syscalls and
signals. This is an
incredibly useful
tool sometimes, but you
always need to
grep the
output to find what you're looking for.
Applications include:
If you're afraid of that last application,
don't delete strace! Your
problem isn't there, it's in the
kernel hooks which let the
program do its work!
In other words, the
bad guys can just bring their own
version, while the
good guys have been deprived of an important tool.
On most other UN*X systems, what is called strace does something else completely. On Solaris, Sun at least give you truss, which does what strace does.