>Number: 3719 >Category: general >Synopsis: couldn't spawn child process >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: feedback >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 19 16:00:02 PST 1999 >Last-Modified: Sat Nov 14 08:50:36 PST 1998 >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: >Release: 1.2.6+SSL 1.6 >Environment: Running: freebsd 2.2.6 (kernel has maxusers=256) - trying to figure out the best environment to run apache under to avoid problems, but concerned that this is an Apache problem. This is the ben-ssl patch to 1.26 and runs well except.. >Description: My OS/environment vars seem to be up to par, BUT I'm getting errors trying to execute cgi-bin apps from ApacheSSL if x users/requests hit the server simultaneously. also getting: "fork: Resource temporarily unavailable".
The OS, FH limits and all that seem to be properly set - ulimit=unlimited, etc. Maybe some superficial advice on the startup shell script? But not sure if this is the problem. I know AP-SSL is a slightly different monster, but running 1.26 on the same machine with no problems - just the SSL version dies sometimes when trying to run cgi - intermittently. Please advise. Been changing various Max/min spare/client settings to no avail. >How-To-Repeat: call cgi from AP-ssl with more network calls than matches the number of current server processes - the number does not seem to expand. >Fix: Not sure - calling environment? Bug in SSL patch? Misconfiguration? Trying to find an answer.... >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback State-Changed-By: coar State-Changed-When: Mon Jun 15 06:53:28 PDT 1998 State-Changed-Why: Can you try reproducing this on a vanilla Apache server? That is, one with the SSL patch not applied? If the problem doesn't recur under those conditions I'm afraid it points to the SSL patch, and there's nothing we can do about that. We haven't received any other reports of this specific message. Comment-Added-By: lars Comment-Added-When: Sat Nov 14 08:50:36 PST 1998 Comment-Added: [This is a standard response.] This Apache problem report has not been updated recently. Please reply to this message if you have any additional information about this issue, or if you have answers to any questions that have been posed to you. If there are no outstanding questions, please consider this a request to try to reproduce the problem with the latest software release, if one has been made since last contact. If we don't hear from you, this report will be closed. If you have information to add, BE SURE to reply to this message and include the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address so it will be attached to the problem report! >Unformatted: Apache 1.3.4 FreeBSD 2.2.6 (maxusers=64,OPEN_MAX=255, CHILD_MAX=255) The OS, FH limits and all that seem to be properly set - ulimit=unlimited, etc. ErorLog Snipet: httpd: [Tue Jan 19 13:49:03 1999] [error] [client 212.209.1.30] (35)Resource temporarily unavailable: couldn't spa wn child process: /www/domains/camelotonline.nu/www/www/counter/mcount.cgi Full text of PR number 2387: Received: (qmail 27688 invoked by uid 2012); 9 Jun 1998 00:01:04 - 0000 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 9 Jun 1998 00:01:04 -0000 From: Mike Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: couldn't spawn child process X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 [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. ]
