Random core dumps in home directory

[VB]

--- Alexander Dalloz
<alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
> Am So, den 02.05.2004 schrieb VB um 12:03:
> 
> > Why would I get random core dumps in my home
> directory
> > every now and then after I've started my system
> (or
> > maybe it's during login?)?
> > 
> > I know this question has been asked before, I
> think. 
> > Searching the archive was little help.  Somebody
> > suggested "limit coredumpsize 0" to prevent it. 
> But
> > why does it happen??
> 
> By default no core dump files will be produced by
> the system. That is
> the default setting of Fedora:
> 
> $ grep -nr ulimit /etc/*
> /etc/init.d/functions:138:      ulimit -S -c 0
> >/dev/null 2>&1
> /etc/profile:28:ulimit -S -c 0 > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> So you did change that "ulimit -c 0" setting, maybe
> not in the system
> files but in ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc? If you
> want to know what was
> core dumping you will have to inspect the dump file.
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 
> -- 
> Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key
> 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13
> Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU
> kernel 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl
> Sirendipity 14:52:12 up 5 days, 13:40, load average:
> 0.39, 0.83, 0.60 

I didn't change anything.  It's been happening since
fresh install.  Also, I use tcsh (if that matters).

Wouldn't I have to know which program caused the core
dump in order to inspect it? Otherwise it's just
random stuff?



	
		
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