Re: How to enable core dumps

Dmitry wrote:
> Michiel Boland wrote:
>> Hi. Core dumps are only enabled if you specify a directory in the 
>> config file to dump core in. You can do this using the CoreDirectory 
>> directive. Make sure the user you specify in the config file can 
>> create files in this directory.
> 
> Michiel,
> 
> I forgot to say that CoreDirectory was enabled in the config:

It could be that the OS does not allow coredumps for processes that have done a 
setuid.

For example, on FreeBSD you have to do

  sysctl kern.sugid_coredump=1

Not sure how to do this on other OSes but it's probably something similar.

Also you won't get a core dump if a core file already exists but is not 
writable. That may be obvious but I got bitten by this just now.

Cheers
Michiel