Dan Track wrote:
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?
The answer can be found in "man ulimit"
Paul.
