WINE & 12.04, Are there any risks involved in setting ptrace=0. Lower security?
Sorry if this is not the right place for this question, I have tried AskUbuntu and Ubuntu Forums but have received no answers.
To run certain Windows programs in WINE you need to this workaround:
echo 0|sudo tee /proc/sys/
According to the support websites, this is due to a bug in the Ubuntu kernel that prevents ptrace and WINE playing well together.
Using the above command you set the ptrace to 0 which according the research I've done(don't ask me which websites, I have seem a lot of them), ptrace has to do with the interactions between programs. The 0 setting is more permissive than the 1.
I have to assume that there was a good reason Ubuntu wanted the ptrace=1 so this leads me back to the short form of the question.
Are there any risks involved in setting ptrace=0. Lower security? problems debugging? any others that I haven't thought of???
I am not asking for support as I know that this workaround will allow me to run my programs and I know that you don't support WINE here I just want to know if using this will cause any problems?
P.S. if you know when this kernel bug will be fixed that would be a great bonus answer.
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