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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: HELP- problem in /debug directory
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Jul29.053332.19788@cognet.ucla.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 08:27:02 GMT
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- In <1992Jul29.053332.19788@cognet.ucla.edu> Dr. Peter Markiewicz <peterm@inherit.mbi.ucla.edu> writes:
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- | 1. We have a personal iris recently upgraded to Irix 4.01. For some
- | reason, very large binary files have been appearing in the /debug
- | directory. They have names like 03312, 03313, etc., and range up
- | to several megabytes in size. It is like an image of the operating system
- | is being dumped. For example, If one types su while logged in as root or
- | severa times in a row, a file is created in the /debug directory about a
- | half-megabyte in size.
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- See 'man debug'
-
- | 2. These files are owned by the system, so they can't be removed.
-
- That would be equivalent to killing programs, if we ever allowed
- it.
-
- | 3. I would appreciate any comments on:
- | -What's causing the files to be created
- | -How do I get rid of them
- | -How can I prevent them from being made in the future.
-
- rmdir /debug will keep the pseudo-filesystem from being mounted
- at system boot, umount /debug will umount it, mount -t dbg /debug /debug
- remounts it. The debuggers need it mounted.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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