On May 17, 2010, at 16:57 , Derrick Brashear wrote: > Folks, > > I submitted a patch which would use the fact that bosserver runs as > root to override resource limits and always drop a core. The issue > it's intended to address is that often people will start bosserver > from contaminated environments (where coredumpsize is limited) and > then have a crash, and can provide no data... > > Is anyone deliberately turning off cores with limit?
yes, we are. Typical servers have more virtual memory than would fit onto any filesystem except /vicepx if fully occupied by the server process. In addition, core dumps tend to be a security hazard, hence 0 is the default limit for any process here. I do see why your preferences are different though ;-) > Would a command > line switch to bosserver be acceptable to you in lieu of it? Fine. - Stephan -- Stephan Wiesand DESY -DV- Platanenenallee 6 15738 Zeuthen, Germany _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
