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From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Stupid Swap Question
To: Pierre Omidyar <pierre@ebay.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:09:56 +0000 ()
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> 
> [Wed Jul 24 21:30:32 1996] access to /usr/local/www/data/whatever.cgi
> failed for cnc000143.concentric.net, reason: couldn't spawn child process

It looks as though you need a higher value for CHILD_MAX than 
the default.  Add a line like

options		CHILD_MAX=128

to your kernel config file and recompile (see the Handbook if
you need more details on this).

It's probably worth bumping up OPEN_MAX and maxusers as well.