How to stop core files in /

[Roland Schemers III]

In article <IaQKjXq00VRUI0xVYB at andrew.cmu.edu> mikem+ at andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Meyer) writes:
>The X server on my decstation 3100's has a nasty habit of crashing and
>dropping a LARGE core file in /.  (*)  I can live with the X server
>restarting itself, but I would prefer not to have my / filesystem filled
>up with the core file.
>

If you have root access try:

su
cp /dev/null /core
chmod 0 /core

That might stop it. By creating a empty core file owned by root and without
any write access to it the program that dumps core might not be able to
create a /core file.

Roland
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