On Aug 6, 2019, at 5:35 AM, Pete Biggs pete@biggs.org.uk wrote:
On Tue, 2019-08-06 at 05:27 -0600, Warren Young wrote:
On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Fred Smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
no core file (yes, ulimit is configured)
That’s nowhere near sufficient. To restore classic core file dumps on CentOS 7, you must:
I was under the impression that a SIGKILL doesn't trigger a core dump anyway. It just kills the process.
True; you need SIGABRT to force a core to drop.
I posted that because if all he did was set the shell’s ulimit value, the lack of core files proves nothing, because there’s half a dozen other things that could be preventing them from dropping.