core files in /tmp

[Solokron]

I am seeing a listing of core files in my /tmp and /root directories.

Is this common? I can't locate anything on this.


-rw------- 1 root root 1691648 Aug 7 13:48 core.5709
-rw------- 1 root root 1683456 Aug 7 13:48 core.5711
-rw------- 1 root root 1691648 Aug 13 04:32 core.6636
-rw------- 1 root root 1695744 Aug 13 04:32 core.6638
-rw------- 1 root root 1695744 Aug 13 04:32 core.6643
-rw------- 1 root root 1687552 Aug 13 04:32 core.6645
-rw------- 1 root root 1695744 Aug 13 04:32 core.6647
-rw------- 1 root root 1687552 Aug 13 04:32 core.6649
-rw------- 1 root root 1691648 Aug 13 04:32 core.6651
-rw------- 1 root root 1703936 Aug 13 04:32 core.6653
-rw------- 1 root root 1695744 Aug 13 04:32 core.6686
-rw------- 1 root root 1687552 Aug 13 04:32 core.6693

[chirpy]

You need to use gdb to debug the core files to identify which process is generating them. Try looking on Google for details on how you can do that: gdb core files