Re: Core dumps

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi Matt.

You can have a look at the strace program.
strace - trace system calls and signals, i.e

$ strace Ethereal

gdb can also be useful.

Cheers,
Martin Östlund


On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, BUNTER MATTHEW wrote:

> --- Reçu de       RVIDOI.BUNTERMA 04 72 96 57 77    19/02/02 14.59
>
> All,
>
> Not sure if this is strictly Security related but I have been
> using Ethereal to grab traces of nmap runs, ping of death, etc.
> from a Linux box to a Windows box. Everything works fine and I can
> view the traces after the event. (Wonderful tool Ethereal)
>
> My question is this : I seem to be getting core dumps frequently
> and I want to determine what initiated them i.e. if it was
> Ethereal or something else. I remeber reading somewhere that there
> was a method of diagnosing where a core dump came from.
>
> Also if anyone knows how to 'read' a core dump or any tools that
> allow this I would be interested.
>
> Rgs,
>
> Matt
>
> ---- 19/02/02 14.59 ---- Envoyé à      ---------------------------
>   -> SECURITY-DISCUSS(a)LINUXSECURITY.COM
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>      To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com
>          with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.
>
>

------------------------------------------------------------------------
     To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com
         with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.


[Index of Archives]     [Fedora Announce]     [Linux Crypto]     [Kernel]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [USB]     [Fedora Security]

  Powered by Linux