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| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTORS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | HISTORY | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | vdr.c | 6 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS index fca351cd..a952120c 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTORS +++ b/CONTRIBUTORS @@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> for removing the obsolete "ca.conf" section from vdr.1 for making the cLircRemote try to reestablish the connection to the LIRC daemon in case it breaks + for enabling generating a core dump if VDR is run with a different user id Steffen Beyer <cpunk@reactor.de> for fixing setting the colored button help after deleting a recording in case the next @@ -4305,3 +4305,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History when you call 'runvdr'. - Fixed multiple entries of the same subdirectory in the "Recordings" menu (reported by Christian Jacobsen). +- Enabled generating a core dump if VDR is run with a different user id (thanks + to Ville Skyttä). @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ * * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr * - * $Id: vdr.c 1.248 2006/02/04 14:49:12 kls Exp $ + * $Id: vdr.c 1.249 2006/02/05 12:57:10 kls Exp $ */ #include <getopt.h> @@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ static bool SetUser(const char *UserName) fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cannot set user id %u: %s\n", (unsigned int)user->pw_uid, strerror(errno)); return false; } + if (prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 2, 0, 0, 0) < 0) { + fprintf(stderr, "vdr: warning - cannot set dumpable: %s\n", strerror(errno)); + // always non-fatal, and will not work with kernel < 2.6.13 + } } return true; } |