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Symbols in the Middle

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In this scenario, you have three computers. The first has the target application, the second has the symbols, and the third has the technician.

Since the smart client behaves like a regular debugger in every way, it can be used as a debugging server at the same time. This allows you to link three machines together with the smart client in the middle.

First, you start a process server on the computer \\BOXA:

dbgsrv -t npipe:pipe=FarPipe

The middle machine, named \\BOXB, starts the debugger with both the -premote and -server parameters. Suppose the PID of the target application is 400 and the symbol path is G:\MySymbols:

cdb -server npipe:pipe=NearPipe -premote npipe:server=BOXA,pipe=FarPipe -v -y g:\mysymbols -p 400

Then a debugging client on a third machine can be started as follows:

windbg -remote npipe:server=BOXB,pipe=NearPipe

The third machine is then used to control the debugging, while the second machine is where the actual processing is done and the symbols are accessed.