Re: Coredump when program run as root?

[Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Most UNIX variants disable core dumps in programs that have changed their
> uid or euid during operation.  This includes Solaris and Linux.
> 
> Well, squid does exactly that. How can I still get a coredump? I really
> need one. Kernel 2.6.11.7

It cannot change the (e)uid if it is run as user. Maybe this helps.
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