Re: core dump

RH linux by default sets the core dump size to zero.

To allow core dumps edit your /etc/bashrc file and
add:
ulimit -c unlimited

to the end of the file.

Kathy Bieltz

rogerwphx wrote:

> I was following an example in a book about security and wrote a sample 
> program for the purpose of overflowing a buffer. When the buffer 
> overflowed it gave a segmentation fault as it crashed, but failed to 
> dump core. I didn't see any option in gcc or gdb that would affect 
> core. How is this enabled?