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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      If a process aborts and creates a core file you should see something like:

      Mar 19 23:14:22 	kernel 		pid 76582 (php-fpm), jid 0, uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) 
      
      May  7 15:15:47 fw1 kernel: pid 65129 (pftop), jid 0, uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
      
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      • JonathanLeeJ
        JonathanLee @stephenw10
        last edited by JonathanLee

        @stephenw10 do you know how or what commands are used to manually trigger it for squid?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Nope not something I've ever tried. Did you try the command they gave you?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            @JonathanLee said in Enable core file dumps when an application crashes or segmentation faults:

            coredump_dir /root

            Where did you set that?

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            • JonathanLeeJ
              JonathanLee @stephenw10
              last edited by JonathanLee

              @stephenw10 yes it showed blank from command input in GUI it killed the process but no core file it didn’t generate one when I used that command

              I am going to try this one recommend by a freeBSD forum user

              
              killall -11 squid worked for me (as root)
              
              

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              • JonathanLeeJ
                JonathanLee @stephenw10
                last edited by JonathanLee

                @stephenw10 advanced options on squid configure gui area, it takes when I run squid -k parse also

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  It tries to dump the core for both the main and child squid processes here but fails with:

                  Jun 12 19:02:08 	kernel 		pid 80887 (squid), jid 0, uid 0: exited on signal 6 (no core dump - bad address)
                  Jun 12 19:01:48 	kernel 		pid 33418 (squid), jid 0, uid 100: exited on signal 6 (no core dump - bad address) 
                  
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                  • JonathanLeeJ
                    JonathanLee @stephenw10
                    last edited by JonathanLee

                    @stephenw10 that looks like a permissions issue with Squid I wonder if we set it to squid logs location if that would work? Bad address? Does it mean path?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Yes I assume it's trying to dump somewhere it can't or has nothing configured.

                      I don't expect to set that value in the Squid config. It shows the same for other processes. Seems like a FreeBSD env value missing.

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                      • JonathanLeeJ
                        JonathanLee @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 I bet it is like field of dreams for code, if you code it developers will come…

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                        • JonathanLeeJ
                          JonathanLee @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10

                          killall -11 squid

                          mine shows no information on core anything...

                          Jun 12 12:11:40 kernel pid 84728 (squid), jid 0, uid 100: exited on signal 6
                          Jun 12 12:11:40 kernel pid 84677 (squid), jid 0, uid 0: exited on signal 11

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                          • JonathanLeeJ
                            JonathanLee @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10 try to put it in quotes like this

                            coredump_dir "/var/squid/logs"

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                            • JonathanLeeJ
                              JonathanLee
                              last edited by JonathanLee

                              Screenshot 2024-06-12 at 12.24.15.png

                              could this be my issue with it not even trying?

                              Screenshot 2024-06-12 at 12.25.52.png

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @JonathanLee
                                last edited by

                                @JonathanLee said in Enable core file dumps when an application crashes or segmentation faults:

                                killall -11 squid

                                mine shows no information on core anything...

                                Try using kill -6 or kill -11 against the PID rather than all 'squid' processes.

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                                • JonathanLeeJ
                                  JonathanLee @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10

                                  
                                  Jun 12 13:40:58	kernel		pid 88818 (squid), jid 0, uid 100: exited on signal 6
                                  Jun 12 13:40:58	(squid-1)	88818	FATAL: Received Segment Violation...dying. listening port: 192.168.1.1:3128
                                  Jun 12 13:39:43	kernel		pid 51752 (squid), jid 0, uid 100: exited on signal 6
                                  Jun 12 13:39:43	(squid-1)	51752	FATAL: Received Segment Violation...dying.
                                  Jun 12 13:39:11	kernel		pid 17654 (squid), jid 0, uid 100: exited on signal 6
                                  Jun 12 13:38:05	check_reload_status	480	Reloading filter
                                  

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmm, are you testing this on your 2100? In 23.09.1?

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                                    • JonathanLeeJ
                                      JonathanLee @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10 No that version disabled my crypt chip I am still on 23.05.01 it is the only version that works for everything I need

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                                      • JonathanLeeJ
                                        JonathanLee @stephenw10
                                        last edited by

                                        @stephenw10 squids uid is squid and we are running commands as root does that matter?

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Nope that should be fine. This isn't a Squid specific issue, applies to any process I've tested this with. So far.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Hmm, maybe not. This does seem to be a permissions issue. Processes run as root will coredump as expected. Or at least try, some fail with lack of space for me.

                                            Most services run as separate users though and cannot.

                                            [24.08-DEVELOPMENT][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: ps aux | grep apc
                                            root     2546   0.0  0.1   25796   5420  -  Ss   14:13    0:00.16 /usr/local/sbin/apcupsd
                                            root    67005   0.0  0.0   13040   2664  0  S+   14:32    0:00.00 grep apc
                                            [24.08-DEVELOPMENT][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: kill -11 2546
                                            [24.08-DEVELOPMENT][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: ls -ls
                                            total 421
                                              5 -rw-r--r--  2 root wheel     1011 Jun 11 10:33 .cshrc
                                              1 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel        0 Jun 13 14:13 .hushlogin
                                              1 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel       66 Jun 11 10:33 .k5login
                                              5 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel      316 Jun 11 10:33 .login
                                              5 -rw-r--r--  2 root wheel     1199 Jun 13 14:13 .profile
                                              5 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel     2135 Jun 13 14:13 .shrc
                                              1 drwx------  2 root wheel        3 Oct 20  2023 .ssh
                                              5 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel     3402 Jun 13 14:13 .tcshrc
                                            397 -rw-------  1 root wheel 22425600 Jun 13 14:32 apcupsd.core
                                              1 drwxr-xr-x  2 root wheel        2 Oct 20  2023 backup
                                            
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