On 15 Apr 1998, Eloy A. Paris wrote:
> an easy one: why when root runs a program that faults core is not
> dumped but when a normal user runs the same program a core is dumped?
[EMAIL PROTECTED](p5):cs315# cat core-test.c
void main(void)
{
* (char *) 0 = 0;
}
[EMAIL PROTECTED](p5):cs315# gcc core-test.c -o core-test
[EMAIL PROTECTED](p5):cs315# ./core-test
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[EMAIL PROTECTED](p5):cs315# whoami
root
[EMAIL PROTECTED](p5):cs315# ulimit -c
unlimited
I'd check the ulimit,
Brandon
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