Tim: >> You could configure against allowing any core dumping, if you want >> to. David Frascone: > Log files are not core files. I was wondering whether the original poster really meant log files, or core dumps. I've not noticed applications leave "huge log files". -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.