Why does my system reboot after collecting a vmcore, even with the default directive set to "shell"?

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Issue

  • With kdump configured, the system automatically reboots after collecting a vmcore. In /etc/kdump.conf the parameter default shell is set and should prevent the reboot.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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