[Dovecot] core dumps disabled?

[Bill Cole]

Timo Sirainen wrote, On 4/30/09 12:27 PM:
> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 18:25 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
>> Apr 30 18:12:48 postamt dovecot: dovecot v1.1.14 starting up (core dumps disabled)
>>
>> Uh, how do I enable them?
>
> ulimit -c unlimited before starting Dovecot. If that doesn't work, it
> means you're using a startup script that disables them.
>

It could also mean:

1. The kernel has some parameter set that is akin to BSD's kern.coredump and 
forbids core dumps.

2. Some sort of enhanced security layer like SELinux or AppArmor is active 
and is configured to disable core dumps.