JStack Throws " sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.DebuggerException: Can't attach to the process" Error When Attaching to a Process on Linux (Doc ID 2485225.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 20, 2023

Applies to:

Java SE JDK and JRE - Version 7 and later
Linux x86
Linux x86-64

JStack is a tool for printing stack traces from Java SE threads and processes. It is packaged with the JDK but not the JRE.

When running the tool with the -F (force) option against a process ID, the following exception is thrown:

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