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Subject: Re: Problems with process limits
To: btman@ugcs.caltech.edu (Brian Tiemann)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 12:53:20 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807241059330.24191-100000@lionking.org> from "Brian Tiemann" at Jul 24, 98 11:04:42 am
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I'm no expert on this but I think you may have to recompile your kernel 
and increase the maxuser settings.  I believe you may also want to tweek 
you apache settings (if that's what your using).  I believe there is an 
FAQ on optimizing high load servers.  

/Paul

> 
> 
> 	Hi... I'm having a problem with a high-load webserver that I hope
> someone can help me with.
> 
> 	I'm running 2.2.6... the server is sustaining a pretty regular 30
> httpd processes at any one time. However, when it spikes up to around 128
> or so (total system processes over 160), I start getting "Couldn't spawn
> child process" messages in my error_log.
> 
> 	httpd runs as "www"; the www user is in a class called "www".
> Here's the entry in login.conf:
> 
> www:\   
>         :path=/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin:\
>         :cputime=infinity:\
>         :filesize=128M:\  
>         :datasize-cur=64M:\
>         :stacksize-cur=32M:\
>         :coredumpsize-cur=0:\
>         :maxmemorysize-cur=128M:\
>         :memorylocked=32M:\ 
>         :maxproc=512:\  
>         :maxproc-cur=256:\
>         :openfiles=512:\
>         :tc=default:
> 
> 
> 	I managed to solve this using login.conf in 2.2.2, but I can't
> seem to get it to behave here. Is there something I'm missing? 
> 
> 	Thanks!
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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