ABRT\-SERVER

Section: ABRT Manual (1)
Updated: 01/25/2021
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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 (writing 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