Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:38:39 -0400 From: Mark Conway Wirt <mark@intrepid.net> To: FengYue <fengyue@bluerose.windmoon.nu>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: apache server can't spawn child processes Message-ID: <19991023093839.A26347@intrepid.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910221833450.3052-100000@bluerose.windmoon.nu>; from FengYue on Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 06:36:54PM -0700 References: <19991019202238.D36005D001@mail.wzrd.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910221833450.3052-100000@bluerose.windmoon.nu>
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On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 06:36:54PM -0700, FengYue wrote: > > > > children run as), and cgi programs can't spawn, getting this in the > > > error log for this server: > > > > > > (35)Resource temporarily unavailable: > > > couldn't spawn child process: > > > /content/somesite/public-html/something/cgi/step1.cgi > > Take a look at your /etc/login.conf and look for 'daemon' class which is > the class for services started from /etc/rc.* > > change the maxproc=64 to maxproc=512 or some other larger number. It's also possible that you're running out of open file descriptors, either though a login.conf definition, or a kernel limit: http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/descriptors.html I've seen the same errors (can't spawn) when the server is unable to open files. --Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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