I just found a huge file “core” (no extension) in my bbpress root folder…

it is a binary file which has a lot of unreadable characters, interspersed with segments of code from bbpress and what appears to be log entries…

Is this supposed to be there, or is this some kind of viral invasion.

any advice would be most appreciated, before I delete it.

Thanks!

[@kevinjohngallagher Member 15 years ago]

It’s definately not from bbPress mate, and doesn’t sound good at all.

I’d delete or quarentine it asap, and maybe contact your host too.

Kev

[@pagal Participant 15 years ago]

I’ve same issue, I think its not a hosting problem, I did not contact my host yet (Soon I’ll be ). My hosting is shared, I’ve added my 6 domains in it. My other 5 domains are clear, but which domain I’ve uploaded bbpress it have

core.10523

core.10566

core.10576

core.27790

core.26889

that’s amazing, and confusing :-s

[@rich-pedley Member 15 years ago]

It’s a hosting issue. You should be ok to delete them, but I’d recommend talking to your host first.

[@pagal Participant 15 years ago]

Support Ticket Sent!

[@pagal Participant 15 years ago]

Support Ticket Answer,

Core files are generated when one of your scripts fails

I advise to check/update your plugns in order to fix this problem.

You are free to delete them all

Thank you.

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Kind regards,

Yuri Peters

Just Host

http://www.justhost.com

It’s definately not from bbPress mate

@ Rich Pedley I’m still confuse that which bbpress/wp plugin is creating trouble and generating core files.

[@pagal Participant 15 years ago]

my recent wp error log file

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Vw2XbdRb

Please see it and suggest a solution

[@bobbyh Member 15 years ago]

Look in your plugins for an extra “space” that is sending output (plugins aren’t supposed to send output). This could also be in one of the files you edited or in one of your plugins.

Here is somebody who experienced the same thing: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/errors-in-installphp-line-10-and-functionsphp-line-1898#post-12300

[@rich-pedley Member 15 years ago]

I doubt it is a plugin myself. I suffered from these a long time ago, but hadn’t made any changes to the site for a while at that time.

some of these may be worth a look:

this forum has some interesting comments about it.

What is a core file

WordPress and core dumps

WP tavern