On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:24:17PM -0500, Olivier Langlois wrote:

Apparently core dumps (if enabled) are stored in the systemd journal.

~ $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern |/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %p %u %g %s %t %e

systemd-coredumpctl looks nice to use but I am not totally sure yet that collecting core dumps in the journal is something that I want systematically.

I am looking for a way to override this. I haven't found any mention of that option in systemd documentation.

Does anyone here would have an idea where I could search?

Olivier

It's configured via /lib/sysctl.d/coredump.conf, which is kind of sneaky. If you want to disable coredump collection in the journal: ln -s /dev/null /etc/sysctl.d/coredump.conf And then reapply sysctl settings: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl d