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28.4.4. ABRT Specific Configuration

Standard ABRT installation currently provides the following ABRT specific configuration files:
  • /etc/abrt/abrt.conf — allows you to modify the behavior of the abrtd service.
  • /etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf — allows you to modify the behavior of the abrt-action-save-package-data program.
  • /etc/abrt/plugins/CCpp.conf — allows you to modify the behavior of ABRT's core catching hook.
The following configuration directives are supported in the /etc/abrt/abrt.conf file:
WatchCrashdumpArchiveDir = /var/spool/abrt-upload
This directive is commented out by default. Enable it if you want abrtd to auto-unpack crashdump tarball archives (.tar.gz) which are located in the specified directory. In the example above, it is the /var/spool/abrt-upload/ directory. Whichever directory you specify in this directive, you must ensure that it exists and it is writable for abrtd. The ABRT daemon will not create it automatically. If you change the default value of this option, be aware that in order to ensure proper functionality of ABRT, this directory must not be the same as the directory specified for the DumpLocation option.

Warning

Changing the location for crashdump archives will cause SELinux denials unless you reflect the change in respective SELinux rules first. See the abrt_selinux(8) manual page for more information on running ABRT in SELinux.
Remember that if you enable this option when using SELinux, you need to execute the following command in order to set the appropriate Boolean allowing ABRT to write into the public_content_rw_t domain: 
 setsebool -P abrt_anon_write 1
MaxCrashReportsSize = size_in_megabytes
This option sets the amount of storage space, in megabytes, used by ABRT to store all problem information from all users. The default setting is 1000 MB. Once the quota specified here has been met, ABRT will continue catching problems, and in order to make room for the new crash dumps, it will delete the oldest and largest ones.
DumpLocation = /var/spool/abrt
This directive is commented out by default. It specifies the location where problem data directories are created and in which problem core dumps and all other problem data are stored. The default location is set to the /var/spool/abrt directory. Whichever directory you specify in this directive, you must ensure that it exists and it is writable for abrtd. If you change the default value of this option, be aware that in order to ensure proper functionality of ABRT, this directory must not be the same as the directory specified for the WatchCrashdumpArchiveDir option.

Warning

Changing the dump location will cause SELinux denials unless you reflect the change in respective SELinux rules first. See the abrt_selinux(8) manual page for more information on running ABRT in SELinux.
Remember that if you enable this option when using SELinux, you need to execute the following command in order to set the appropriate Boolean allowing ABRT to write into the public_content_rw_t domain: 
 setsebool -P abrt_anon_write 1
The following configuration directives are supported in the /etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf file:
OpenGPGCheck = yes/no
Setting the OpenGPGCheck directive to yes (the default setting) tells ABRT to only analyze and handle crashes in applications provided by packages which are signed by the GPG keys whose locations are listed in the /etc/abrt/gpg_keys file. Setting OpenGPGCheck to no tells ABRT to catch crashes in all programs.
BlackList = nspluginwrapper, valgrind, strace, [more_packages ]
Crashes in packages and binaries listed after the BlackList directive will not be handled by ABRT. If you want ABRT to ignore other packages and binaries, list them here separated by commas.
ProcessUnpackaged = yes/no
This directive tells ABRT whether to process crashes in executables that do not belong to any package. The default setting is no.
BlackListedPaths = /usr/share/doc/*, */example*
Crashes in executables in these paths will be ignored by ABRT.
The following configuration directives are supported in the /etc/abrt/plugins/CCpp.conf file:
MakeCompatCore = yes/no
This directive specifies whether ABRT's core catching hook should create a core file, as it could be done if ABRT would not be installed. The core file is typically created in the current directory of the crashed program but only if the ulimit -c setting allows it. The directive is set to yes by default.
SaveBinaryImage = yes/no
This directive specifies whether ABRT's core catching hook should save a binary image to a core dump. It is useful when debugging crashes which occurred in binaries that were deleted. The default setting is no.