[NTLUG:Discuss] apache error message

[Victor Brilon]

You'll see messages like this if  Apache has too many process already 
running (i.e. a bunch of CGI's running that haven't exited) and they eat up 
all the available file handles that the OS can handle, or the process table 
gets full for the parent process (i.e. Apache). Check to see that some long 
running processes aren't doing this. You'll also get this message if a 
process has eaten up all the memory and swap space and there's no enough 
left for a new process to be forked off and executed.

Victor

At 02:19 PM 3/5/2001 -0600, David Camm wrote:
>this is the second time i've noticed error messages linke this in my
>logs (apache 1.3.9):
>
>[Mon Mar  5 13:13:40 2001] [error] [client 12.75.65.208] (11)Resource
>temporarily unavailable: couldn't spawn child process:
>/usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/byrd/rotate7.pl
>
>they appear for about 1 to 1-1/2 minutes, always referencing cgi
>programs, and then go away.
>
>could i have exceeded the maxclient number in httpd.conf (i tend to
>doubt this)? or is this a kernel issue?
>
>can anyone help me by explaining why this is happening, and what if
>anything i can do to stop it from happening again?
>
>as an aside, does anyone know where theses messages are documented? they
>are NOT in the o'reilly apache reference, nor have i been able to find
>them on the web.....
>
>thanks!!!
>
>david camm
>advanced web systems
>keller, tx
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