From nobody@hyperreal.com  Sat Dec  7 07:41:56 1996
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Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 07:41:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Keh-Chen Lau <kclau@www.nsysu.edu.tw>
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Subject: Child processes not close
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>Number:         35
>Category:       mod_cgi
>Synopsis:       Child processes not close
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec  7 07:50:01 1996
>Last-Modified:  Sat Feb 15 20:51:49 PST 1997
>Originator:     kclau@www.nsysu.edu.tw
>Organization:
>Release:        1.2b1
>Environment:
IBM RS/6000, AIX 4.2.0, GCC 2.7.2.1
Configurated running as nobody.
Another proxy package is also run/owned by nobody, use about 12 processes.
>Description:
Since httpd fork about 38 child, the Server can't execute any cgi in result
of 'couldn't spawn child process' in error log.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback
State-Changed-By: marc
State-Changed-When: Fri Jan 24 21:30:08 PST 1997
State-Changed-Why:
This looks like it is a limit your OS is putting on the
number of processes being run at once by one user.  You are
not clear on exactly what the problem is.  Do you think
child processes should be exiting but they aren't?
State-Changed-From-To: feedback-closed
State-Changed-By: marc
State-Changed-When: Sat Feb 15 20:51:49 PST 1997
State-Changed-Why:
No feedback, assuming closed.
>Unformatted: