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howto:gdb [2018/03/24 01:38] – [Debugging] Add attach to running instance instructions 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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-:!: Linux Sysops: to help locate sbbs crash core files, the following +:!: **Linux Sysops**:\\ 
-lines in your ''/etc/sysctl.conf'' file can be helpful:+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'').
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 +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
 +  
  
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