Compare Romans, Robb (2009). «SystemTap Language Reference: A guide to the constructs and syntax used in SystemTap scripts»(PDF). Red Hat. Consultado el 19 de diciembre de 2010. «SystemTap [...] requires root privileges to actually run the kernel objects it builds using the sudo command, applied to the staprun program.[...] staprun is a part of the SystemTap package, dedicated to module loading and unloading and kernel-touser data transfer.»
Merey, Aaron (18 de octubre de 2017). «systemtap 3.2 release». Consultado el 18 de octubre de 2017. «The systemtap team announces release 3.2 [...] early experimental eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) backend [...]».
Eigler, Frank Ch. (1 de febrero de 2012). «systemtap 1.7 release». Consultado el 26 de marzo de 2013. «The systemtap team announces release 1.7 [...] The new group and privilege level "stapsys" has been added [...]».
