From 38ac7b2070fabaab24282633b2c4f57e0785ccee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Friedrich <michael.friedrich@netways.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:30:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Fix core dump instructions for daemon with SUID bit set

refs #12648
---
 doc/20-development.md | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/20-development.md b/doc/20-development.md
index b0590e4a8..3e0ea545c 100644
--- a/doc/20-development.md
+++ b/doc/20-development.md
@@ -279,16 +279,22 @@ Verify that the Icinga 2 process core file size limit is set to `unlimited`.
 
 ### <a id="development-debug-core-dump-format"></a> Core Dump Kernel Format
 
-Adjust the coredump kernel format and file location.
+The Icinga 2 daemon runs with the SUID bit set. Therefore you need
+to explicitly enable core dumps for SUID on Linux.
 
-    vim /etc/sysctl.conf
+    sysctl -w fs.suid_dumpable=1
 
-    kernel.core_pattern = /var/lib/cores/core.%e.%p
+Adjust the coredump kernel format and file location on Linux:
 
-    sysctl -p
+    sysctl -w kernel.core_pattern=/var/lib/cores/core.%e.%p
 
-    mkdir /var/lib/cores
+    install -m 1777 -d /var/lib/cores
 
+MacOS:
+
+    sysctl -w kern.corefile=/cores/core.%P
+
+    chmod 777 /cores
 
 ### <a id="development-debug-core-dump-analysis"></a> Core Dump Analysis
 
@@ -305,4 +311,8 @@ Simple test case for a `SIGSEGV` simulation with `sleep`:
     (gdb) bt
     rm /var/lib/cores/core.sleep.*
 
+Analyzing Icinga 2:
+
+    gdb /usr/lib64/icinga2/sbin/icinga2 core.icinga2.<PID>
+    (gdb) bt
 
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