[parted-devel] [Parted-edge] [PATCH] Enable full memory dump

[Otavio Salvador]

Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net> writes:

> "Frodo Baggins" <frodo.drogo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 9/15/07, Otavio Salvador <otavio at debian.org> wrote:
>>> Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net> writes:
>>>
>>> > "Frodo Baggins" <frodo.drogo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Any thoughts on this?
>>> >>
>>> >> On 9/12/07, Frodo Baggins <frodo.drogo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> From b8866155b7b9aed4c3035f3aeff8662e4c785e92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> >>> From: Frodo Baggins <frodo.drogo at gmail.com>
>>> >>> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:11:37 +0530
>>> >>> Subject: [PATCH] Enable full memory dump
>>> >>>
>>> >>> If user is root, we can remove the limit on core dump size. This may
> ...
>> My thought was that since typically the admin/root runs parted, he can
>> raise this limit. Yes, I agree that this should not be done without
>> the admin's knowledge.
>
> FYI, any user can set this via the shell's ulimit command.
> E.g., in bash, type "help ulimit".

What I meant is that changing the configuration did by someone isn't
right. As I said, I agree with your POV.

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