The following reply was made to PR general/2823; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Kevin Goddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: general/2823: Httpd spawned process consume memory Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:01:12 -0400 (EDT) It looks like it was the ReWrite causing the problems. I had code in a linked .htaccess file that I have sprinkled in each directory (I know this could be done a better way, just have not got their yet). Anyway that seemed to cause the problem. Thanks! Kevin Goddard On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Marc Slemko wrote: > On 11 Aug 1998, Kevin Goddard wrote: > > > >Description: I have been running 1.3.0 for about two months without a > > problem, now all of a sudden, it is acting funny. I have tried > > everything I know, and am out of ideas. The httpd server runs fine, > > but one or two of the httpd spawn processes will start to consume > > memory. This causes the load on the server to sky rocket. I have > > Is there anything in the error log? > > Do you have any extra modules compiled in? > > Can you find anything in the access log that looks unusual? > > > some safe guards set to shut httpd when the load gets to high, and > > then turn it back on when the load gets low enough, but this is > > happening every 5 minutes. I have been able to confirm that it has > > something to do with one virtual site on the server. I have turned > > everything off (mSQLd, sendmail, perl) and still it happens. Another > > guy I know showed me a latest apache exploit that had something to do > > with the httpd_protocol.c file, but he applied the patch for it, and > > Exactly what patch is this? Are you sure it was applied > correctly and you are running the new binary? > > > > Here is a line from top that shows the problem: > > 10023 nobody 8 -20 19084 11M 352 R < 0 6.8 12.6 1:46 httpd > > Does it continue to grow, or does it stabalize at a particular > size? > >
