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I want to permanently set the core file size to unlimited. Reading about it, the suggestion is to modify the /etc/security/limits.conf. I have done so with the following line:
- soft core 10000 root hard core 10000
I reboot after the change and I issue ulimit -a and core is still set to 0. Can not understand why the setting is not working. What can be overwriting it?
Answer
Try this:
* soft nofile 10000
* hard nofile 10000
and add this line to .profile file, f.e. for root in /root/.profile
ulimit -c 10000
or for all users in /etc/profile.
Remember: for remote users: /etc/pam.d/sshd and for su /etc/pam.d/su
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so