The following reply was made to PR os-aix/2662; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tim Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: os-aix/2662: apache works fine when started manually by root, but there are problems when it is started at boot time with /etc/inittab Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 18:47:53 +0200 (CEST) Did you check the ulimit settings. I've found those occasionally restrictive on deamons started from the init. Do a ulimit -a (or do it in CGI) to see what it is set to from the various shells, cgi's and places. We have one box where the # of files is just too low for the ones started at boot time (/etc/login.conf). Dw. On 22 Jul 1998, Tim Hanson wrote: > > >Number: 2662 > >Category: os-aix > >Synopsis: apache works fine when started manually by root, but there > >are problems when it is started at boot time with /etc/inittab > >Confidential: no > >Severity: serious > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: apache > >State: open > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: apache > >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 22 09:20:01 PDT 1998 > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Organization: > apache > >Release: 1.3 > >Environment: > aix 4.2.1 (root in / @ mpbgw-demo15) >uname -a > AIX mpbgw-demo15 2 4 000002197500 > > gcc > (root in / @ mpbgw-demo15) >gcc -v > Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix4.1.5.0/2.8.1/specs > gcc version 2.8.1 > > >Description: > I recently installed apache 1.3 and am very happy with it. Previously I had > been unable to get cgi to work (though that may have been my own fault.) > > After going through the .conf files somewhat carefully and referring to some > of the docs on your web site it went better this time. > > However, yesterday I tried to make the step of putting an entry in > /etc/inittab so apache would start up automatically at system boot time. > > Here's what I put in /etc/inittab: > apache:2:wait:/etc/rc.apache > /dev/console 2>&1 # start apache web server > I put this at the very bottom. Here's the rc.apache I created: > (root in /etc @ mpbgw-demo15) >cat rc.ap* > #!/usr/bin/ksh > > /usr/local/apache/sbin/apachectl start > > Apache starts on system reboot and serves static html just fine. However, > cgi seems to time out. If I stop and start apache (using the same line above > but with stop/start), the problem goes away. At the moment this is mostly an > annoyance. I've thought of, but haven't tried yet, creating a cron job > that, say, runs at 6:00am each day; it checks to see if apache is running > and if not kicks it off (this would work for me.) But I imagine someone out > there will want to run on aix and would like apache to co me up > automatically on reboot. > >How-To-Repeat: > I hope it's easily repeatable. It has repeated for me several times with at > least two different browsers. I can't give you my URLs because they're > inside a firewall. > >Fix: > I mentioned work-arounds above. > >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. ] > > > >
