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howto:gdb [2018/01/07 16:25] – [Core File] Mention /etc/security/limits.conf digital manhowto:gdb [2018/10/07 00:11] – [Core File] Mention the suid_dumpable thing needed for core files to be generated on Linux when running sbbs with the setuid feature digital man
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- +If you're running sbbs daemonzied (e.g. as a *nix service), you may need to edit your service 
-:!: Linux Sysops: to help locate sbbs crash core files, the following +start up script (e.g. ''/etc/init.d/sbbs'') to set the core limit to //unlimited//: 
-lines in your ''/etc/sysctl.conf'' file can be helpful:+  ulimit -c unlimited 
 +   
 +Of in the ''[Service]'' section of your ''/lib/systemd/system/sbbs.service'' file: 
 +  LimitCORE=infinity 
 +   
 +:!: **Linux Sysops**:\\ 
 +To help locate sbbs crash core files, adding the following lines in your ''/etc/sysctl.conf'' file can be helpful:
  
   # Controls whether core dumps will append the PID to the core filename.   # Controls whether core dumps will append the PID to the core filename.
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 This will place core files with the name ''core.sbbs.####'' in the ''/tmp'' directory This will place core files with the name ''core.sbbs.####'' in the ''/tmp'' directory
 instead of ''core.####'' in the current directory (typically ''/sbbs/ctrl''). instead of ''core.####'' in the current directory (typically ''/sbbs/ctrl'').
 +
 +Also, if you're using the ''setuid'' feature of sbbs (e.g. starts as //root// but changes to a different user after binding ports), then you may need to add the following line to your ''/etc/sysctl.conf'' file:
 +  fs.suid_dumpable = 2
 +  
 +You can also set ''suid_dumpable'' immediately and temporarily with the following command:
 +  # echo 2 > /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable
 +  
  
 ===== Debugging ===== ===== Debugging =====
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 or (if debugging with a core file): or (if debugging with a core file):
   # gdb /sbbs/exec/sbbs /tmp/core.sbbs.####   # gdb /sbbs/exec/sbbs /tmp/core.sbbs.####
 +or (if attaching to an existing running instance, read the pid from ''/var/run/sbbs.pid''):
 +  # gdb /sbbs/exec/sbbs <pid>
  
 B. Run Synchronet (if no core file used): B. Run Synchronet (if no core file used):

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