* Re: setcap effect on core-ing
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@ 2015-01-19 11:26 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2015-01-19 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: McConnaughey, Bill
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Hello Bill,
On 01/10/2015 08:39 PM, McConnaughey, Bill wrote:
> I stumbled on this: when I do setcap on my exe, it will no longer make a core
> unless I put in
>
> prctl( PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1 );
>
>
> Appropriate places to remark on this might be:
>
>
> man 5 core
> in the paragraph starting "the process is executing a set-user-ID ..."
>
> man 2 prctl
> in the paragraph for PR_SET_DUMPABLE
>
> man 8 setcap
Thanks for the report. I've add some text to both of these pages.
Cheers,
Michael
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