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[tor-commits] [tor/release-0.2.4] Document that disabledebuggerattachment prevents cores
commit 0c807cf3e48cca5f4f93e8b1082bd62f2978cba4
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Sep 19 12:14:07 2013 -0400
Document that disabledebuggerattachment prevents cores
---
doc/tor.1.txt | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 732a779..d53ff2e 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
**DisableDebuggerAttachment** **0**|**1**::
If set to 1, Tor will attempt to prevent basic debugging attachment attempts
- by other processes. It has no impact for users who wish to attach if they
+ by other processes. This may also keep Tor from generating core files if
+ it crashes. It has no impact for users who wish to attach if they
have CAP_SYS_PTRACE or if they are root. We believe that this feature
works on modern Gnu/Linux distributions, and that it may also work on *BSD
systems (untested). Some modern Gnu/Linux systems such as Ubuntu have the
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