Try this out echo "kernel.core_pattern = /tmp/core.%e.%p.%t" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
It most probably needs reboot to take effect. After the reboot, all core files will be created in /tmp with exe name, pid and the time stamp appended. I watch the any new core file by using the find with mtime option. I can share the script if you would like to see it. Regards, Manish Thomas Guyot-Sionnest wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/10/08 01:26 PM, Tim Pushor wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> While not specifically a nagios issue, I am setting up a nagios >> installation to monitor a server that is used to run an interactive >> application by several users at once (> 50). The problem is, >> occasionally the application dumps core, and the users don't always >> notify us when this happens. We'd like to trigger a passive alarm to >> nagios on our application dumping core. >> >> On other OS's (specifically FreeBSD IIRC) the kernel logs coredumps and >> end up in the system log so watching the logfiles with swatch or >> something similar would do the trick. >> >> On my Linux system (CentOS 5.2) it appears that coredumps don't log. >> Does anyone have any ideas how I can trigger an event on coredump on Linux? > > This is not really a nagios issue... AFAIK segfaults are logged in > Linux; have you looked at the kernel messages (dmesg)? > > If it shows in dmesg output but not on your logs, make sure syslog is > configured properly to retrieve those messages. You could also log > kern.* to a specific files to be sure. > > I think log levels can also be tuned with /proc/sys/kernel/printk; see > "man 5 proc". > > - -- > Thomas > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFI7GQp6dZ+Kt5BchYRAu8TAJ98E5xxKIRDZh8l/gFPd50uZeNM+QCggpct > r7QppHPqVgdZTMZKtgPJYgU= > =Ta0T > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting > any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
