[tor-commits] [tor/maint-0.2.4] Document that disabledebuggerattachment prevents cores

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 0c807cf3e48cca5f4f93e8b1082bd62f2978cba4
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 19 12:14:07 2013 -0400

    Document that disabledebuggerattachment prevents cores
---
 doc/tor.1.txt |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 732a779..d53ff2e 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
 
 **DisableDebuggerAttachment** **0**|**1**::
    If set to 1, Tor will attempt to prevent basic debugging attachment attempts
-   by other processes. It has no impact for users who wish to attach if they
+   by other processes. This may also keep Tor from generating core files if
+   it crashes. It has no impact for users who wish to attach if they
    have CAP_SYS_PTRACE or if they are root.  We believe that this feature
    works on modern Gnu/Linux distributions, and that it may also work on *BSD
    systems (untested).  Some modern Gnu/Linux systems such as Ubuntu have the