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NAME

        btraceback - wrapper script around gdb and bsmtp

SYNOPSIS

       btraceback /path/to/binary pid

DESCRIPTION

       btraceback is a wrapper shell script around the gdb debugger (or dbx on
       Solaris systems) and bsmtp, provided for debugging purposes.

USAGE

       btraceback is called by the exception handlers of  the  Bacula  daemons
       during  a  crash.   It  can  also  be  called interactively to view the
       current state of the threads belonging to a process, but  this  is  not
       recommended unless you are trying to debug a problem (see below).

NOTES

       In  order  to work properly, debugging symbols must be available to the
       debugger on the system, and gdb, or dbx (on Solaris  systems)  must  be
       available in the $PATH.

       If  the  Director or Storage daemon runs under a non-root uid, you will
       probably need to be modify the btraceback script to elevate  privileges
       for  the  call  to  gdb/dbx, to ensure it has the proper permissions to
       debug when called by the daemon.

       Although Bacula’s use of btraceback within its  exception  handlers  is
       always  safe, manual or interactive use of btraceback is subject to the
       same risks than live debugging of any program,  which  means  it  could
       cause   Bacula   to   crash  under  rare  and  abnormal  circumstances.
       Consequently we do not recommend manual use of btraceback in production
       environments unless it is required for debugging a problem.

ENVIRONMENT

       btracback relies on $PATH to find the debugger.

FILES

       /usr/lib/bacula/btraceback
              The script itself.

       /usr/sbin/btraceback
              symbolic link to /usr/lib/bacula/btraceback

       /etc/bacula/scripts/btraceback.gdb
              the GDB command batch used to output a stack trace

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Lucas B. Cohen <lbc@members.fsf.org>

SEE ALSO

       bsmtp(1)