[CentOS] another bizarre thing...

[Fred Smith]

On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 09:02:37PM -0600, Warren Young wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> > 
> > Setting up as you described earlier, is there a way to allow only
> > a single program to drop core?
> 
> Of course.
> 
> The * in the limits.d file is a “domain” value you can adjust to suit:
> 
>     https://www.thegeekdiary.com/understanding-etc-security-limits-conf-file-to-set-ulimit/
> 
> You’d have to read the systemd docs to figure out the defaults for LimitCore, but I suspect you don’t get cores until you set this on a per-service basis.
> 
> You can also adjust the sysctl pattern path to put cores somewhere secure.  That’s the normal use of absolute paths: put the cores into a dropbox directory that only root can read but anyone can write to.
> 
> Also, I should point out that my first step, removing ABRT, is a heavy-handed method. Maybe what you *actually* want to do is learn to cooperate with ABRT rather than rip it out entirely.

how about "simply" disabling and stopping it?


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