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<refentry id="coredump.conf" conditional="ENABLE_COREDUMP"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>coredump.conf</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<para>All options are configured in the
<literal>[Coredump]</literal> section:</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='config-directives'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Storage=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Controls where to store cores. One of <literal>none</literal>,
<literal>external</literal>, and <literal>journal</literal>. When
- <literal>none</literal>, the core dumps will be logged (including the backtrace if
+ <literal>none</literal>, the core dumps may be logged (including the backtrace if
possible), but not stored permanently. When <literal>external</literal> (the
default), cores will be stored in <filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump/</filename>.
When <literal>journal</literal>, cores will be stored in the journal and rotated
<listitem><para>The maximum size in bytes of a core
which will be processed. Core dumps exceeding this size
- will be logged, but the backtrace will not be generated
- and the core will not be stored.</para></listitem>
+ may be stored, but the backtrace will not be generated.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Setting <varname>Storage=none</varname> and <varname>ProcessSizeMax=0</varname>
+ disables all coredump handling except for a log entry.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>