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From: "Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@posting.7eggert.dyndns.org>" 
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Subject: Re: Coredump when program run as root?
To: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>,
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Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de> wrote:

> 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

It cannot change the (e)uid if it is run as user. Maybe this helps.
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