Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 99381 invoked by uid 500); 23 Mar 2002 14:53:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: users@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list users@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 99369 invoked from network); 23 Mar 2002 14:53:04 -0000 Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (62.8.64.4) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 23 Mar 2002 14:53:04 -0000 Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (FreeBSD)) id 16omt6-000Dcm-00 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:52:56 +0300 Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:52:56 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Apache Users Subject: Httpd spawning hundreds of child procesees Message-ID: <20020323145256.GA51760@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Apache Users Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: XFCE X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 5:49PM up 14 days, 1:40, 3 users, load averages: 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Sender: Odhiambo Washington X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N recently I upgraded to the latest version of php4. Then suddenly I see my FreeBSD 4.5s box spawning hundreds of child processes that are making the box go at a snail speed. I am wondering if there is a known relation btn the two. netstat -an gives: Active Internet connections (including servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state) tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.2367 62.8.64.4.22 ESTABLISHED tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2362 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.2362 62.8.64.108.80 FIN_WAIT_2 tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2348 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.2348 62.8.64.108.80 FIN_WAIT_2 tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2331 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2317 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2300 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2285 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2269 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2255 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2238 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2224 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2208 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2193 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2177 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2163 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2146 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2132 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2116 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2101 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2085 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2071 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2054 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2040 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2024 CLOSE_WAIT tcp4 0 0 62.8.64.108.80 62.8.64.108.2009 CLOSE_WAIT and I also have alligator% ps ax | grep httpd | wc -l 151 alligator% That seems crazy to me since my box isn't a webserver for a dedicated site, only my files ;-) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: 254 2 313985-9 Fax: 254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: 254 72 743 223 GSM: 254 733 744 121 This sig is McQ! :-) ++ The one good thing about repeating your mistakes is that you know when to cringe. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org