Apache core.dumps? Why so many?

[markie]

In /usr/local/apache we have literally 300 - 400 apache core dump files. Like to know why this is and why the system is producing so many? This dosnt seem right and its taking up huge amounts of disk space.

-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9801
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9802
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9803
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9804
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9842
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9850
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9851
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9862
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9863
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9864
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9865
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9885
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9888
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9889
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9891
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9892
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9893
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9895
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9923
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9925
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9926
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9927
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9928
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9929
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9930
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9935
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:55 core.9938
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9940
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9941
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9943
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9944
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9945
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9946
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9947
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9948
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9949
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9950
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9951
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9952
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9953
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9955
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9962
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9963
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9964
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9968
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9969
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9970
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9971
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9974
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9975
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9976
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9977
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9978
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9979
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9980
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9981
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9983
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9984
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9985
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9987
-rw------- 1 root root 25788416 Dec 28 14:56 core.9988

 

[GOT]

This will often happen if you run easyapache with apache still running.

before running easyapache, do:

service httpd stop
service chkservd stop

When it is complete, I always do:

service httpd stop
service httpd start
service chkservd start