[asterisk-users] [SOLVED] Re: Feature Request: what about "core stop panic" ?

[Olivier]

2016-09-09 13:24 GMT+02:00 Jacek Konieczny <jajcus at jajcus.net>:

> On 2016-09-09 11:34, Olivier wrote:
>
>> Adding an /etc/sysctl.d/foobar.conf file with the bellow content allowed
>> me to at last produce core dump files (in /var/tmp directory), even if
>> asterisk is run by asterisk user (and by root).
>> I choosed this /var/tmp directory to make sure core dumps are not erased
>> after a reboot and because this directory is "world-writable".
>> To trigger core dumping, previously recommended "pkill -SEGV asterisk"
>> was used.
>>
>> /etc/sysctl.d/foobar.conf content is simply:
>> kernel.core_pattern=/var/tmp/core.%e.%t
>>
>> Maybe taming systemd to consider /var/lib/asterisk as a current
>> directory when running asterisk daemon would be a better solution ?
>>
>> Maybe Asterisk or more generally long running daemons, should warn when
>> they are run with "-g option" and from a current directory where it
>> can't write any file (or any file matching core pattern) ?
>> Maybe this is already done but I overlooked it or looked in the wrong
>> place ?
>>
>
>
> Why not just use the systemd journal and coredumpctl for core files
> management?  systemd solves that quite well.
>

Do you have any pointer showing how systemd journal or coredumpctl can help
?
How can any of those help to specify the where core files are dumped ?



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