title: Java Heap dump permissions
body: <p>The java heap dumps generated in a  Linux Machine (and most probably Unix machines as well) have restricted access. The heap can only be read by the owner of the process (ACL mask is set to 600). I understand that this is for security reasons. However, I was not able to find any documentation referencing  or explaining the behavior. Can anyone point me to the documentation (if any)? Also, is there any way to override this behavior? </p>