ABRT.CONF(5)

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version 2.17.9 · 3 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 ABRT.CONF(5) — the ABRT config file, explained bestie 💖

okay so this is the manual page for abrt.conf, which lives in section 5 (that's the "file formats" girlies 💅). If you're here it's because you wanna know how to configure ABRT, and honestly? slay, you're in the right place. Let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

abrt.conf — the configuration file for ABRT. that's it, that's the name. short, sweet, iconic 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/etc/abrt/abrt.conf

that's the one and only path, bestie. no cap. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So ABRT is this daemon that just... watches for application crashes 👀 Like, it's the main character sitting there, and the moment a crash happens it collects all the problem data and then takes action according to its configuration. This document right here? It describes ABRT's configuration file. Periodt.

The config file is built out of items that look like this:

Option = Value

and a description of every single item follows, so let's go one by one, no skipping, we're not doing that 🙅‍♀️

  • DumpLocation = directory — This is the directory where ABRT should store coredumps and all the other files it needs for reporting. Think of it as ABRT's little stash spot 📦 Default is /var/spool/abrt.
  • MaxCrashReportsSize = number — The maximum disk space, specified in MiB, that ABRT will use for all the crash dumps combined. And here's the fun part: a value of 0 means "unlimited space" 😭 so be careful with that one. Default is 5000.
  • WatchCrashdumpArchiveDir = directory — The daemon will watch this directory and call abrt-handle-upload on any files that show up in there. This is the whole reason it exists: to auto-unpack crashdump tarballs that got uploaded via FTP, SCP, etc. 🗂️
Note: the directory must exist and be writable for abrtd. It will not be created automatically. You have been warned bestie 💀

Example: /var/spool/abrt-upload

Default is none, which means the feature is disabled. (so it's off unless you say otherwise, and honestly that's valid)

  • DeleteUploaded = yes/no — The daemon will delete an uploaded crashdump archive after an atempt to unpack it. And yes, an archive will be delete whether unpacking finishes successfully or not. No takebacks, no do-overs 🔥

If you decide to enable this, you have to tweak the SELinux policy:

# setsebool -P abrt_anon_write 1.

Default value is no.

  • DebugLevel = 0-100 — Allows ABRT tools to detect problems in ABRT itself. By increasing the value you can force ABRT to detect, process and report problems in ABRT. But you have to bear in mind that ABRT might fall into an infinite loop when handling problems caused by itself 😭😭 it's giving "the snake eating its own tail" energy fr fr. Default is 0 (non debug mode).
  • AutoreportingEnabled = yes/no — Enables automatic execution of the event configured in the AutoreportingEvent option. Like, set it and forget it ✨ Default is no.
  • AutoreportingEvent = event — A name of event which is run automatically after problem's detection. The event should perform some fast analysis and exit with 70 if the problem is known. Default is report_uReport.
  • ShortenedReporting = yes/no — Enables shortened GUI reporting where the reporting is interrupted after AutoreportingEvent is done. So like, quick version, in and out, no long goodbyes 💨 Default is yes if application is running in a GNOME desktop session; otherwise it's no.
  • ExploreChroots = yes/no — Enables various features exploring process's root directories if they differ from the default root directory. The following list includes examples of enabled features:
    • query the RPM database in the process's root directory,
    • save files like /etc/os-release from the process's root directory.

This feature is disabled by default because it might be used by a local user to steal your data 😭 not the vibe at all.

Caution: THIS FEATURE MIGHT BE USED BY A LOCAL USER TO STEAL YOUR DATA BY ARRANGING A SPECIAL ROOT DIRECTORY IN USER MOUNT NAMESPACE. 🚨 (yes I'm yelling, this one is serious, keep it off unless you know exactly what you're doing)

Default is no.

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /etc/abrt/abrt.conf

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those next bestie, they're all connected iykyk 💜

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • ABRT team

and that's the whole page, you ate it up 🍓 mwah 💅

okay so the footer tea: this is abrt 2.17.9, dated 08/03/2026, and the page itself is ABRT.CONF(5) — so if you ever need to cite it, you know exactly what version you're working with. bye bestie, go configure something iconic 💖✨🦋

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