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Date:      Fri, 1 Apr 2016 07:26:24 +0200
From:      Terje Elde <terje@elde.net>
To:        J David <j.david.lists@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Catching core files in read-only jails
Message-ID:  <16281C09-B7D2-43C4-B2E1-98AF02DAB24A@elde.net>
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> On 01 Apr 2016, at 06:45, J David <j.david.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> If an application is running on a production server in a read-only
> jail for security purposes, and it crashes occasionally due to some
> unknown bug, is there any way to catch a core file?

Wherever you allow it to write core files, would be writable by the jail, at=
 least those files. It's tempting to recommend a single writable, but no-exe=
c and no-suid dir inside the jail, and point cores there. It's an easy fix, a=
nd the alternative - allow writes outside the jail - probably isn't any bett=
er.

If you're concerned about something being persisted in the jail, you can wip=
e or even recreate that dir whenever you're starting the jail.=20

Terje





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