Non-root processes can now also create core dumps

Details

Detail name Value
Changelog Number 19121
Type Improvement
Status Resolved
Fix Versions Exasol 8.25.0
Resolution Date 2024-02-15

Background

Previously, coredumps could only be writable for the root user, which meant that sometimes the database process could not create core dumps properly.

Improvement

All processes are able to create coredumps.

Changed behavior

exainit now sets the permissions of /exa/spool/coredumps/ to 0777, so that all processes can write coredumps.