From dev-return-33776-apmail-httpd-dev-archive=httpd.apache.org@httpd.apache.org Thu Oct 03 17:28:57 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 64714 invoked by uid 500); 3 Oct 2002 17:28:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 64701 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2002 17:28:56 -0000 Message-ID: <3D9C7E52.3040509@slive.ca> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:28:50 -0400 From: Joshua Slive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: RLimitNPROC behaviour question References: <20021003012332.GA20263@rawbyte.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Andr=E9 Malo wrote: > * Daniel Lopez wrote: >=20 >=20 >>>| Note: If CGI processes are not running under userids other than the >>>| web server userid, this directive will limit the number of >>>| processes that the server itself can create. Evidence of this >>>| situation will be indicated by "cannot fork" messages in the >>>| error_log.=20 >> >=20 >>The directive refers only to the CGI processes, not the server >>processes (the wording can be confusing) >=20 >=20 > ok. In this case I'm going to remove the whole paragraph. Objections > someone?=20 I think it still applies: It says that using that directive may limit=20 the total number of cgi processes that can be launched at one time. But I may still be confused. In any case, anything you can do to=20 clarify those directives would be great. They are often a source of=20 confusion. Joshua.