Enabling core dump
 

Hi,

I'm trying to enable core dump in RHEL 4.0. When i use the 'ulimit -c unlimited' command from the command line it works. However when i put in in a script it doesn't work. I believe it's a shell command. How can i do this in a script. I tried putting it in a shell function and calling it but it doesn't work. I also tried modifying the hard and soft limits for core in /etc/security/limits.conf to no avail.

Some insight would be great!

This is just a shot in the dark, but in your script, just after the "ulimit -c unlimited" statement, put a "ulimit -c" statement and see whether the output is "unlimited". That won't solve your problem, but it will narrow it down a little.

What about this:

i'm not sure but to change core limit you have to be root
so check if your script runs with root privileges

There's more than one limit to core dumps. Only root can change your absolute limit, but within that, you can vary whether you dump core. So even if you're not root, I repeat:

... and if that second line returns "unlimited", then put the first line in /etc/profile, as omnio suggests.