Start a Java EE under jdb

To start a Java EE under jdb, use the G=java option on the Anetd LOAD command. Depending on the version of the JDK used, the remote JVM will display a line of the form

Agent password=<passwd>

or

Listening for transport dt_socket at address: <port>

This output is captured by Anetd and returned to the client. The client user must then use this information to connect a local JDB process to the remote JVM^e.

Example 3.19
Assuming that remote.host.domain is running Anetd with remote debugging enabled, the following commands might be used to establish a remote Java debugging session:

[local]% sc remote.host.domain LOAD J=http://bro.isi.edu/ASP/~asp/AspMain
         T=15 S=-d0 S=-17 O=output R=error C=ASP_EE V=jdk1.1.8 G=java
Agent password=3upmuk

[local]% jdb -host remote.host.domain -password 3upmuk

or, with a more recent JDK:

[local]% sc remote.host.domain LOAD J=http://bro.isi.edu/ASP/~asp/AspMain
         T=15 S=-d0 S=-17 O=output R=error C=ASP_EE V=jdk1.2.2 G=java
Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 1742

[local]% jdb -attach remote.host.domain:1742