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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by ma...@hyperreal.com on 1997/06/08 21:35:11 UTC

Changed information for PR general/686

Synopsis: "couldn't spawn child process" on a moderately busy webserver

State-Changed-From-To: open-analyzed
State-Changed-By: marc
State-Changed-When: Sun Jun  8 12:35:10 PDT 1997
State-Changed-Why:
You are likely running into either file descriptor or 
number of processes per user limits imposed by your OS.

If you are running numerous virtual hosts, see 
http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#fdlim

If not, then check the output of a "ulimit -u" which
shows how many processes each user can run.  If it
is low, try doing a "ulimit -u unlimited" as root before
starting the server.