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Ubuntu also restricts use of ptrace for security reasons although it shouldn't affect gdb https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Roadmap/KernelHardening#ptrace_Pr

• ajross 14y ago
  Yes, but critically in Linux you can turn it off as the administrator of the system. It affects security but not inspectability. Regardless, my response was simply to the idea that Apple was "following standards" when they clearly weren't.
• vetinari 14y ago
  In Ubuntu, it's user overridable (i.e. machine owner is in control). In Darwin/OSX, it is not (i.e. machine vendor is in control).