Answer:
You may get errors when trying to debug using tools such as gdb, strace or others such as:
warning: Could not trace the inferior process. warning: ptrace: Operation not permitted PTRACE_TRACEME: Operation not permitted
Due to security concerns some computers have debugging disabled. If you are using a gateway machine, you should move on to a compute server or lab machine for your work.
If you have been allocated a desktop machine and you're receiving these errors, please get it touch and we can re-enable debugging or futher advise you.