From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261868AbVDPSPH (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:15:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262715AbVDPSPH (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:15:07 -0400 Received: from mail.charite.de ([160.45.207.131]:8423 "EHLO mail.charite.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261868AbVDPSPC (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:15:02 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:15:00 +0200 From: Ralf Hildebrandt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Coredump when program run as root? Message-ID: <20050416181459.GB6681@charite.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-purgate-ID: 149814::050416201508-3543-1A90D726 0 X-purgate-Ad: Checked for SPAM by eleven - eXpurgate www.eXpurgate.net X-purgate: This mail is considered clean X-purgate: clean X-purgate-type: clean X-purgate-size: 715/651 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I found this while trying to find out why squid doesn't produce a core file: http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2002-August/023576.html Most UNIX variants disable core dumps in programs that have changed their uid or euid during operation. This includes Solaris and Linux. Well, squid does exactly that. How can I still get a coredump? I really need one. Kernel 2.6.11.7 -- Ralf Hildebrandt (i.A. des IT-Zentrum) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Gemeinsame Einrichtung von FU- und HU-Berlin Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-962 IT-Zentrum Standort CBF send no mail to spamtrap@charite.de