>Number: 2645 >Category: general >Synopsis: CGI Cause the Server to die, a lot of defunct and zombie >processes >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 20 05:50:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.2.6 >Environment: Linux www 2.0.34 #2 Thu Jun 4 23:56:40 PDT 1998 i686 unknown >Description: Our web server is setup with Linux running Apache 1.2.6. However everytime a CGI executed its leave as a zombie process (however it is killed automatically) a short while later. Also when the load on the web server starts to get high (between 11:00 AM and 6:00PM Mon - Fri) the server hangs and I can see a large amount of defunct process by using ps -auxww. I know that the server has not yet reach its load capacity (its an Pen II 300). And every once in a while a CGI will use 99.1 % of the CPU. I have check the CGIs and its not the CGI's problem because I have use the same CGI's under other setups (i.e. BSD with Apache and Solaris with Netscape) and they were all fine. >How-To-Repeat: The problem happens when the load on the server increases at our web site. This seems to happen around 11:00 AM to 6:00PM Mon - Fri >Fix: I hope (think) it is apache, maybe install a newer a version. Maybe its Linux? >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ]
