gdb as root in eclipse IDE

Enable your user to run gdb as root without beeing asked for any password:

sudo visudo

Add the following line after all other rules:

<youruser> ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/gdb

Create or modify a debug configuration in eclipse to run gdb as root
e.g. in Run > Debug Configurations > C/C++ Application > YourProject Debug:
change Debugger > Main > GDB debugger from

gdb

to

sudo gdb