[NTLUG:Discuss] Getting rid of a core with a link

[Russ]

On 9/10/05, Robert Citek <rwcitek at alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sep 10, 2005, at 2:34 PM, Kevin Brannen wrote:
> > Russ wrote:
> > BTW, do *not* attempt to remove /proc/kcore.
> 
> Relax.  There's nothing to worry about.  In fact, I'd say go for it,
> but not on your production machine.  If you are successful, please
> post back.  I've tried several times as root and was resoundingly
> rebuffed each time with "Operation not permitted".  I've also tried
> 'echo > /proc/kcore'.  Didn't get an error, but nothing changed, either.
> 
> > In fact, don't ever attempt to modify anything in /proc; look with
> > "cat", but don't modify.
> 
> Never?  That's probably a bit overreaching.  /proc is a really
> convenient way to modify your system's settings.  In fact, a grep
> through the /etc files shows that many configuration scripts do just
> that:
> 
>    grep -r '> *\/proc' /etc
> 
> /proc is probably one of the least understood, yet probably one of
> the most powerful features of Linux.  I'd say setup a spare system
> and start poking around in /proc.  You'll learn a lot.  'man proc' is
> also a fair read.  It's not great, but a start.

Thanks for the reply.  I'll be doing a lot of reading after this
event.  I'm fairly new to Linux so the learning curve is still a bit
steep.  I'm in a basic online Linux right now.

Russ