Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:59:56 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer@omnilan.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting program.core, where and how? Message-ID: <20091118155956.GA5297@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <4B0413FA.8080506@omnilan.de> References: <4B0413FA.8080506@omnilan.de>
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El día Wednesday, November 18, 2009 a las 04:34:18PM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer escribió: > Hello, > > I have a daemon (compiled with -g) which is dying frequently, but I > can't get a core dump. > The daemon drops privileges and runs as restricted user after startup. > I gave the restricted user write permission to the directory where the > binary lives, but that hasn't helped. > The size should be really small, so I think ulimit is not the problem. > How can I find out what the working directory of the binary is? I guess > the problem is missing write permissions there. Core will be written to the working directory and not to the directory where the binary comes from. With ulimit(1) you can set the core file size, even to zero, and you can ask for the actual value. HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Vote NO to EU The Lisbon Treaty: http://www.no-means-no.eu
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