>Number: 686 >Category: general >Synopsis: "couldn't spawn child process" on a moderately busy webserver >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache (Apache HTTP Project) >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 5 20:20:01 1997 >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.2b10 >Environment: DEC Alpha 2100 running Digital Unix 4.0A (OSF1 racer.wws.net V4.0 464 alpha) 250 MHz chip, 256 MB RAM >Description: Excerpt from error_log:
[Thu Jun 5 21:48:34 1997] access to /usr/data/web/newfree/redirect.cgi failed f or pigdog.wws.net, reason: couldn't spawn child process I'm trying to run a very simple redirect cgi script, and 9 out of 10 times I get an error. >How-To-Repeat: racer.wws.net/newfree/redirect.cgi?www.cnn.com (for example) >Fix: No! It works fine when the server is first started, but then fails every time! Help%2 >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
