Apache Reference: http_core, CoreDumpDirectory

CoreDumpDirectory

Storage Location of Core Dumps
Syntax: CoreDumpDirectory A
Example: CoreDumpDirectory /var/crash
Since: Apache 1.3

This directive controls the directory to which Apache attempts to switch before dumping core files. The default is in the ServerRoot directory. This directory should not be writable by the user employed by the server, however, so core dumps are not normally written. Keep in mind that daemons started on most platforms daemons started under ``root'', so you should never dump core files for security reasons.