os-solaris/7435: Apache cannot open >256 log files.

[James Dogopoulos <jd...@dynw.com>]

>Number:         7435
>Category:       os-solaris
>Synopsis:       Apache cannot open >256 log files.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 19 22:30:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     jd@dynw.com
>Release:        1.3.19
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Solaris 8 SunOS 5.8 Generic_108529-06 i86pc i386 i86pc
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i386-pc-solaris2.8/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)

>Description:
# ulimit -n
4096
...
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, 0x08045B88)            = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, 0x08045B88)            = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, 0x08045B88)            = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, 0x08045B88)            = 0
...
fcntl(3, F_DUPFD, 0x0000000F)                   = 254
close(3)                                        = 0
llseek(254, 0, SEEK_END)                        = 0
open("/Corporate/xxxxxx.com/logs/error_log", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT, 0666) = 3
fcntl(3, F_DUPFD, 0x0000000F)                   = 255
close(3)                                        = 0
llseek(255, 0, SEEK_END)                        = 0
open("/Corporate/xxxxx.org/logs/error_log", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT, 0666) = 3
fcntl(3, F_DUPFD, 0x0000000F)                   = 256
close(3)                                        = 0
write(2, " f o p e n", 5)                       = 5
write(2, " :  ", 2)                             = 2
write(2, " N o   s u c h   f i l e".., 25)      = 25
write(2, "\n", 1)                               = 1
write(2, " h t t p d", 5)                       = 5
write(2, " :   c o u l d   n o t  ".., 32)      = 32
write(2, " / C o r p o r a t e / d".., 35)      = 35
write(2, " .\n", 2)                             = 2
llseek(0, 0, SEEK_CUR)                          = 4495441
llseek(0, 0, SEEK_CUR)                          = 4495477
_exit(1)

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
There seems to be a problem with the file descriptors (obviously).. I added..
set rlim_fd_max = 8192
set rlim_fd_cur = 4096
to /etc/system and everything.. I'm not sure what to try next.

getrlimit seems to be returning zero? so apache maybe defaults to 256? just a guess.




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