unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Automatic digest processor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Recipients of AOLSERVER digests" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 6:05 AM Subject: AOLSERVER Digest - 25 May 2001 to 27 May 2001 (#2001-133) > There are 4 messages totalling 119 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. inittab problem (a classic i think) (4) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 18:17:27 +0300 > From: Tuncay Baskan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: inittab problem (a classic i think) > > I think this question asked a lot. "Respawning too fast" is the most > entry in my logs after adding aolserver to /etc/inittab. Here is my > entry: > > nsp:2345:respawn:/www/bin/nsd -t /www/nsd.tcl -u nsd > > Aolserver normally runs quite happily. I mean it runs for a week > without any problems. I don't understand why respawning occurs. Is > this a problem with threads? Maybe init can't handle threaded apps? > What can be the problem? > > -- > Tuncay Baskan. > IT Manager @ Paramedya.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 12:57:34 -0400 > From: Dossy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: inittab problem (a classic i think) > > I don't use inittab for my AOLserver, but this is what I'm > guessing is happening: > > If you don't specify -f to the nsd process, it goes off into > the background. Once control is returned to the init process, > if the line is set to "respawn" it'll try to start up the > process again. > > init then repeatedly tries to start nsd, and after a repeat-count > is reached, says "respawning too fast" and stops trying for > a short while. Then, it'll start all over again after a certain > amount of time passes. > > Perhaps adding -f and >>/www/log/server.log will do what you > actually want. > > - Dossy > > > On 2001.05.27, Tuncay Baskan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think this question asked a lot. "Respawning too fast" is the most > > entry in my logs after adding aolserver to /etc/inittab. Here is my > > entry: > > > > nsp:2345:respawn:/www/bin/nsd -t /www/nsd.tcl -u nsd > > > > Aolserver normally runs quite happily. I mean it runs for a week > > without any problems. I don't understand why respawning occurs. Is > > this a problem with threads? Maybe init can't handle threaded apps? > > What can be the problem? > > > > -- > > Tuncay Baskan. > > IT Manager @ Paramedya.com > > -- > Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 09:49:56 -0700 > From: Tom Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: inittab problem (a classic i think) > > Tuncay Baskan wrote: > > > > I think this question asked a lot. "Respawning too fast" is the most > > entry in my logs after adding aolserver to /etc/inittab. Here is my > > entry: > You might try using DJB's daemontools to control nsd. Unlike inittab, > you can shut down the server without editing a file, and normal users in > a particular group can control the server. My notes on setting up and > using daemontools with AOLserver is at: > > http://zmbh.com/discussion/svc/ > > This isn't going to solve your respawn problem but it might help track > it down, and then you can fix the problem without continuously editing > /etc/inittab. > > --Tom Jackson > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 21:35:36 +0300 > From: Petru Paler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: inittab problem (a classic i think) > > On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 09:49:56AM -0700, Tom Jackson wrote: > > > I think this question asked a lot. "Respawning too fast" is the most > > > entry in my logs after adding aolserver to /etc/inittab. Here is my > > > entry: > > (I deleted your original post by mistake) > > Do you have "-i" on your AOLserver command line? > > -- > Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 > > ------------------------------ > > End of AOLSERVER Digest - 25 May 2001 to 27 May 2001 (#2001-133) > **************************************************************** >
