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NAME

abrt-server – Unix socket for ABRT.

SYNOPSIS

abrt-server [-u UID] [-spv[v]…]

DESCRIPTION

abrt-server is executed by abrtd daemon to handle socket connections. Every application in system is able to invoke creation of a new problem directory by following the communication protocol (described below in section PROTOCOL).

OPTIONS

-u UID

: Use UID as client uid

-s

: Log to system log.

-p

: Add program names to log.

-v

: Log more detailed debugging information.

PROTOCOL

Initializing new dump: connect to UNIX domain socket /var/run/abrt.socket

Providing data (writting data to the socket):


->"POST / HTTP/1.1\r\n"
    ->"\r\n"
    ->"type=string\0" string,
    maximum length 100 bytes
        ->"reason=string\0" string,
    maximum length 512 bytes
        ->"pid=number\0" number,
    0 - PID_MAX(/ proc / sys / kernel / pid_max)
            ->"executable=string\0" string,
    maximum length ~MAX_PATH
        ->"backtrace=string\0" string,
    maximum length 1 MB
            ->(close writing half of the socket) < -"HTTP/1.1 201 \r\n" < -"\r\n"

Deleting problem directory:

-> "DELETE <directory_name> HTTP/1.1\r\n"
-> "\r\n"
-> (close writing half of the socket)
<- "HTTP/1.1 200 \r\n"
<- "\r\n"

AUTHORS

: • ABRT team

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