From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 27 10:39:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27606 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:39:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from trinity.radio-do.de (fn@trinity.Radio-do.de [193.101.164.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA27570 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:39:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fn@trinity.radio-do.de) Received: (from fn@localhost) by trinity.radio-do.de (8.8.8/8.8.5/RADIO-1.1) id TAA09230; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:38:44 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980727193843.A9217@radio-do.de> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:38:43 +0200 From: Frank Nobis To: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Savecore_enable not in rc.conf References: <199807271532.IAA14392@ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807271532.IAA14392@ix.netcom.com>; from Thomas Dean on Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 08:32:28AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 08:32:28AM -0700, Thomas Dean wrote: > Should savecore_enable be in rc.conf? > My /etc/rc reads like this # enable dumpdev so that savecore can see it # /var/crash should be a directory or a symbolic link # to the crash directory if core dumps are to be saved. if [ "X${dumpdev}" != X"NO" -a -e ${dumpdev} -a -d /var/crash ]; then dumpon ${dumpdev} echo -n checking for core dump... savecore /var/crash fi > > Should we change rc.conf? > No. Get a more recent /etc/rc > dumpdev="NO" # Device name to crashdump to (if enabled). > savecore_enable="NO" # Save kernel core dumps (if enables). Only dumdev needs to be defined for savecore Regards Frank -- Frank Nobis Email: PGP AVAILABLE Landgrafenstr. 130 dg3dcn http://www.radio-do.de/~fn/ 44139 Dortmund Powered by FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message