enabling/disabling core dumps

Hi, I want to enable core dumping on a process so I can do post mortem debugging. This is a server process fired up by inittab which changes its owner from root down to the the correct owner. Since it doesn't run via the shell - in fact the shell never runs at all on this account, how do I turn core dumping on? (Come that how do I turn it off when I've finished as well!) Any help on this one, or pointers as to where to look would be appreciated. alan -- http://www.ibgames.net/alan Registered Linux user #6822 http://counter.li.org Winding Down - Weekly Tech Newsletter - subscribe at http://www.ibgames.net/alan/winding/mailing.html