[NTLUG:Discuss] apache error message

[David Camm]

thanks -- i currently have MaxClients set at 150 and file-max at 3072.
to be on the safe side i'll up both of these tonite..... 

MadHat wrote:
> 
> David Camm wrote:
> >
> > this afternoon, i found the several messages in apache's error log:
> >
> > couldn't spawn child process
> >
> > which was associated with the execution of a cgi program which then
> > failed with a 500 returncode.
> >
> > these messages occured for about 2 minutes, and have not recurred since.
> >
> > am i correct in assuming that i exceeded the MaxClients number at those
> > times, or is there some other problem?
> >
> > ps - we've been running apache since april '95 and have never seen this
> > before.
> 
> coould be that, which by default is hardcoded ro 512, and can be set
> anywhere under that in the conf files.
> 
> Or it could be the number open files, depending on the kernel, it can be
> set using the /proc file system, or through recompiling the kernel.
> 
> Without more details I would agree and say the first.
> 
> --
> MadHat
> 
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