Re: [MLUG] RH - how to enable coredumps?

[Melissa Plunkett <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Check /etc/profile for ulimit and /etc/security/limits.conf (see pam 
limits doc in /usr/share/doc/pam-version).

Melissa


Mike Miller wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Mark Haidekker wrote:
> 
> 
>>I used to get coredumps from crasing programs, but at some time, this
>>stopped.  I suspect it is somehow turned off by default in recent
>>distros (RH). Does anybody know off their head where to change the
>>setting?
>>
>>No, it's not a zero-byte coredump, it's no core file at all. Also,
>>ulimit and quotas are not set.
> 
> 
> 
> I put the stuff below in my system tcsh .cshrc file.  If you are using
> bash, you might have something similar in your bash system-wide config
> file (whatever that's called).  Try "man bash" to get started.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> # The line below essentially eliminates the core dump files that sometimes
> # are created when programs crash.  These files can be useful in diagnosing
> # software problems, but more often they will take up space (e.g., 8 MB) on
> # the hard drive and not be used or noticed.  This command limits their size
> # to zero bytes.  If you need to see core dump files, run the command
> # "unlimit coredumpsize".  "man limit" for more information (for tcsh, refer
> # to csh instructions).
> 
> limit coredumpsize 0
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