Change directory for core dumps

Is there a way to configure a directory to be used for core dumps?
Platform is RHEL v4.

[Background: I have a process that does setuid() calls to a different
user, and the home directory of the original user is not writable for
the new user. I would like to configure some general directory (e.g. /
tmp) where are core files are written.]

TIA
M

mark.bergman@thales-is.com wrote:
> Is there a way to configure a directory to be used for core dumps?
> Platform is RHEL v4.
>
> [Background: I have a process that does setuid() calls to a different
> user, and the home directory of the original user is not writable for
> the new user. I would like to configure some general directory (e.g. /
> tmp) where are core files are written.]
>
> TIA
> M
Arent core dumps written by the operating system itself?

I might be wrong here, but thats the way I assumed it worked..

In which case permissions are no issue.

In comp.os.linux.misc, mark.bergman@thales-is.com wrote:

> Is there a way to configure a directory to be used for core dumps?

echo "/path/to/new/core/directory/core" >/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

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