Debugging in QtCreator with root permissions

There is a trick that allows gdb to be run with root permission without requiring a password (largely as described here). 
Enter:

sudo visudo

and add this line at the bottom of the file:

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

where <username> is the appropriate user name. Now all that’s needed is to call sudo gdb instead of gdb. This can be done by creating a simple executable script called sudo-gdb containing:

#!/bin/bash
sudo gdb $@

QtCreator then needs to know to use this version of the debugger. Go to Tools -> Options and select Build & Run. Select the Debugger tab and click on Add. Enter the full path to the new script. Then click on the Kits tab and select the new debugger in the Debugger drop-down and then click on Ok.