Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!amanue!oglvee!jr From: jr@oglvee.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: 286: Why no core dump? Message-ID: <283@oglvee.UUCP> Date: 11 Oct 88 18:50:12 GMT References: <456@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> Reply-To: jr@.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Organization: Oglevee Computer Systems, Connellsville, Pa Lines: 19 In article <456@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> brwk@doc.ic.ac.uk (Bevis King) writes: >I am attempting to get the public domain basic interpreter posted >to comp.sources.unix working on Microport SV/AT. The problem I have >is that the program terminates with an "Illegal allignment" message. ... >When the "Illegal allignment" message is issued, the program terminates >(ok, fair enough), no core dump is generated (worrying) and the login >shell terminates (very worrying indeed). Question: Are you by some chance turning on the setuid bit after compiling but before running the program? It's standard behavior that if the setuid bit is on, there will be *no* core dump for signals that would normally generate one. -- Jim Rosenberg pitt Oglevee Computer Systems >--!amanue!oglvee!jr 151 Oglevee Lane cgh Connellsville, PA 15425 #include