Return-Path: Delivered-To: apache-bugdb-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 6193 invoked by uid 6000); 21 Oct 1998 10:40:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 5966 invoked by uid 2001); 21 Oct 1998 10:40:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 5253 invoked by uid 2012); 21 Oct 1998 10:38:15 -0000 Message-Id: <19981021103815.5252.qmail@hyperreal.org> Date: 21 Oct 1998 10:38:15 -0000 From: Andreas Jung Reply-To: ajung@sz-sb.de To: apbugs@hyperreal.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: general/3260: Strange behaviour of Apache under heavy load Sender: apache-bugdb-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk >Number: 3260 >Category: general >Synopsis: Strange behaviour of Apache under heavy load >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 21 03:40:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: ajung@sz-sb.de >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.3 >Environment: SunOS moses 5.6 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2 >Description: I encountered the following problems with Apache 1.3.3 during a mass test (about 250 mostly parallel wgets on the same URL): - in one case Apache stop serving any request with the following message: [Wed Oct 21 11:42:10 1998] [error] server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting I had to restart Apache after this message - after increasing the number of maxclients I got lots of messages: Wed Oct 21 11:42:33 1998] [crit] [client 10.2.0.42] (13)Permission denied: /home/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable Why will Apache look in /home/.htaccess ? Serverroot und DOcumentroot are somewhere deep under /home ! - if Apache is started with -X I see MORE than one httpd processes although the documentation says it is running in single-process mode moses@/home/ajung/testbed(54)% ps -ef | grep httpd ajung 55 16424 1 12:35:29 pts/21 0:00 ./httpd -X -f /home/ajung/testbed/SZ.conf ajung 57 56 0 12:35:30 pts/21 0:00 ./httpd -X -f /home/ajung/testbed/SZ.conf ajung 60 7669 0 12:35:31 pts/31 0:00 grep httpd ajung 56 55 0 12:35:30 pts/21 0:00 ./httpd -X -f /home/ajung/testbed/SZ.conf Any comments ? Best regards, Andreas >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] [If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] [from a developer. ] [Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]