Dans /etc/sysctl.conf :

kernel.core_pattern = %e.core

ulimit -c unlimited

Et pour rendre les changement effectifs :

sysctl kernel/core_pattern=%e.core

• %% Le caractere %
• %p PID du processus dumpe
• %u UID reel du processus dumpe
• %g GID reel du processus dumpe
• %s Numero du signal ayant provoque le dump
• %t Heure du dump (secondes depuis le 1er janvier 1970, 00H00)
• %h Nom d'hote (pareil que 'nodename' renvoye par uname(2))
• %e Nom du fichier executable

Si vous n'avez pas sysctl :

echo "%e.core" | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

On se reconnecte et on teste :

zsh: abort (core dumped)  ./core
snow-sip > gdb vxmld /var/snowshore/log/core

warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/tls/libpthread.so.0" is not at the expected address
warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations
warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/tls/librt.so.1" is not at the expected address
warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations 
warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2" is not at the expected address
warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations
warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/tls/libc.so.6" is not at the expected address 
warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations
warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/ld-linux.so.2" is not at the expected address
warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations
warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/libz.so.1" is not at the expected address
warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations
warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/tls/libm.so.6" is not at the expected address
warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations
    379 ScSipTransport.c: No such file or directory.

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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
 Core was generated by `sipd -c 500 -l 500'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/librt.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/librt.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libm.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
#0 0x0808f7f5 in ScSipXSResend (pstTimer=0x854f068, pvTimerData=0x86ffb18,
bRetriesExhausted=1 '\001') at ScSipTransport.c:379
in ScSipTransport.c

(gdb) where

#0 0x0808f7f5 in ScSipXSResend (pstTimer=0x854f068, pvTimerData=0x86ffb18,
bRetriesExhausted=1 '\001') at ScSipTransport.c:379
#1 0x0808e984 in TimerThread () at ScTimer.c:654
#2 0x0053e371 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
#3 0x004879be in query_module () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6

Autres exemples :

gdb
(gdb) core /home/mon_fichier_core
(gdb) bt (afficher les backtraces)
(gdb) up (monter dans les bt)
(gdb) down (descendre dans les bt)

# gdb mon_fichier_core
(gdb) thread apply all bt

Pour utiliser gdb sur un core dump le binaire doit être compilé avec l'option -g de g++ ou gcc :

gcc -g -o myfile myfile.c

gcore permet de faire un core dump d'un process en cours d'execution.

man core
man gcore