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Date:      Sun, 25 May 1997 22:15:06 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Alec Kloss <alec@d2si.com>
To:        recal@europa.humberc.on.ca (recal)
Cc:        FREEBSD-QUESTIONS@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Core dumps Addenum
Message-ID:  <199705260315.WAA14546@d2si.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970525214824.20083B-100000@europa.humberc.on.ca> from recal at "May 25, 97 09:52:28 pm"

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> Ok well i'm now sure that the limits is more then 0 (its set to 10240 or
> 10megs :). What i have been able to figure out is that:
> 
> 1. Its a segmentation fault that i keep getting with this specific
> application and no core dumps are occuring.
> 
> 2. That in sysconfig i have savecore and dumpdev both set to no (does this
> have any relevance?)
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> 

Checking up on dumpdev and savecore in /etc/sysconfig, it appears that
they only apply to kernel crashes, not to applications.  If your
problem is with just a single application, probably the writers did it
on purpose.  Core dumps can be a big security problem so it is not
uncommon for applications to skip creating them if they crash.

You'll have to check the application's documentation to see if there
is a way to enable the core dumps or to get some form of contact to
check out your problem.




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