Comments on: Configure an Apache web server for core dump on segmentation faults http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-apache-web-server-for-core-dump.html This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eMPee584http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-apache-web-server-for-core-dump.html#comment-155096 eMPee584 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:01:51 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-an-apache-web-server-for-core-dump-on-segmentation-faults.html#comment-155096 yup, the ulimit -c unlimited followed by an apache restart is necessary on many systems. Also, you will very likely have to install debug symbols for your distro (aptitude install apache2-dbg php5-dbg on debian) to get any meaning out of the core file. After doing that, examine it with gdb apache2 --core /path/to/corefile a 'bt' will give you a backtrace which might tell you where the culprit is. yup, the
ulimit -c unlimited
followed by an apache restart is necessary on many systems. Also, you will very likely have to install debug symbols for your distro (aptitude install apache2-dbg php5-dbg on debian) to get any meaning out of the core file. After doing that, examine it with
gdb apache2 –core /path/to/corefile
a ‘bt’ will give you a backtrace which might tell you where the culprit is.

]]> By: Erikhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-apache-web-server-for-core-dump.html#comment-146577 Erik Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:48:24 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-an-apache-web-server-for-core-dump-on-segmentation-faults.html#comment-146577 You should also note that people should add the following to their apache init script: ulimit -c unlimited My systems have a default core size of 0, which effectively disables coredumps. You should also note that people should add the following to their apache init script:

ulimit -c unlimited

My systems have a default core size of 0, which effectively disables coredumps.

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