Re: Dumping core: root vs. normal user

[Brandon Mitchell <bhmit1@mail.wm.edu>]

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?

root@hobbes(p5):cs315# cat core-test.c
void main(void)
{
        * (char *) 0 = 0;
}

root@hobbes(p5):cs315# gcc core-test.c -o core-test
root@hobbes(p5):cs315# ./core-test 
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
root@hobbes(p5):cs315# whoami
root
root@hobbes(p5):cs315# ulimit -c
unlimited

I'd check the ulimit,
Brandon

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