On 7/12/05, gb spam <gbofspam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > How can you permit core dumps files to be created on fedora. I had > > read previously that they were disabled by default. Can I create > > maximum limit on any core dump file. How can I only allow core dumps > > to occur in the /opt directory and not in the root file system? > > as root: > echo "kernel.core_pattern = /opt/core" >> /etc/sysctl.conf > sysctl -p > > as the user generating core files: > ulimit -c 1000 (or whatever) > > you need to run ulimit prior to running any process that would > generate a core dump, and you need to do it each time you log in, so > you should consider putting it in your profile. > > once you ulimit -c in a process, you can only reduce it from that > point, so you'll need to log out and back in if you want to increase > it. > Ok great, So If I want a core file of maximum size of 10Mb would I type "ulimit -c 1000" or is it "ulimit -c 10000". Incidentally what is a block? What is its value? Thanks Dan
