[NTLUG:Discuss] apache error message

[MadHat]

http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=Resource+temporarily+unavailable+couldn%27t+spawn+child+process&hc=0&hs=0

sorry if it wraps.

To find help on the web, take the main part of the error message, in this 
case "Resource temporarily unavailable: couldn't spawn child process:", and 
put it into Yahoo! or Google or what ever, and hit enter or search or... 
and it will almost always come up with an answer or hundreds of 
answers.  There is a lot of discussion about this.

The basic idea is that the user that the web server runs as is only allowed 
to have X number of processes running at any one time.  When that number is 
met, you receive this message.

I would include specific links, but my browser crashed (&^%*&$% 
Netscape).  one of the first 10 links discussed this issue on Linux and how 
to fix it.



At 02:19 PM 3/5/2001 -0600, you 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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