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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by jerold cohen <ho...@webwizard1.com> on 1998/12/30 09:22:43 UTC
mod_cgi/3609: spawn child process error
>Number: 3609
>Category: mod_cgi
>Synopsis: spawn child process error
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: apache
>State: open
>Class: support
>Submitter-Id: apache
>Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 30 00:30:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: host@webwizard1.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release: 1.3.3
>Environment:
win 98 other than that it dont run down system handels a webserver well
>Description:
hello I am not sure if i am writeing to the right place but I am running
apache on a windows system. and I can not seem to get the cgi - bin to allow
users to run cgi scripts i keep geting a child prosses error or a 404 and i
have it set up like this
# This is the main server configuration file. See URL http://www.apache.org/
# for instructions.
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do, if you are unsure consult the online docs. You have been
# warned.
# Originally by Rob McCool
# Note: Where filenames are specified, you must use forward slashes
# instead of backslashes. e.g. "c:/apache" instead of "c:\apache". If
# the drive letter is ommited, the drive where Apache.exe is located
# will be assumed
# ServerType must be standalone.
ServerType standalone
#
# The following lists extra modules that can be uncommented to be loaded
# to enable extra functionality. See the manual
# (http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/) for details on the functionality
# of each module.
#
#LoadModule anon_auth_module modules/ApacheModuleAuthAnon.dll
#LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/ApacheModuleCERNMeta.dll
#LoadModule digest_module modules/ApacheModuleDigest.dll
#LoadModule expires_module modules/ApacheModuleExpires.dll
#LoadModule headers_module modules/ApacheModuleHeaders.dll
#LoadModule proxy_module modules/ApacheModuleProxy.dll
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/ApacheModuleRewrite.dll
#LoadModule speling_module modules/ApacheModuleSpeling.dll
#LoadModule status_module modules/ApacheModuleStatus.dll
#LoadModule usertrack_module modules/ApacheModuleUserTrack.dll
# Port: The port the standalone listens to.
Port 80
# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP numbers
# e.g. www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off)
# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
# had to knowingly turn this feature on.
HostnameLookups on
# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.
ServerAdmin webmaster@webwizard1.com
# ServerRoot: The directory the server's config, error, and log files
# are kept in
#ServerRoot "C:/webshare/wwwroot"
ServerRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/"
# BindAddress: You can support virtual hosts with this option. This option
# is used to tell the server which IP address to listen to. It can either
# contain "*", an IP address, or a fully qualified Internet domain name.
# See also the VirtualHost directive.
BindAddress "208.2.91.18"
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file. If this does not start
# with /, ServerRoot is prepended to it.
ErrorLog logs/error.log
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error.log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\""
combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent
# The location of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
# If this does not start with /, ServerRoot is prepended to it.
CustomLog logs/access.log common
# If you would like to have an agent and referer logfile uncomment the
# following directives.
#CustomLog logs/referer.log referer
#CustomLog logs/agent.log agent
# If you prefer a single logfile with access, agent and referer information
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
#CustomLog logs/access.log combined
# PidFile: The file the server should log its pid to
PidFile logs/httpd.pid
# ScoreBoardFile: File used to store internal server process information.
# Not all architectures require this. But if yours does (you'll know
because
# this file is created when you run Apache) then you *must* ensure that
# no two invocations of Apache share the same scoreboard file.
ScoreBoardFile logs/apache_status
# ExtendedStatus controls whether Apache will generate "full" status
# information (ExtendedStatus On) or just basic information (ExtendedStatus
# Off) when the server-status Handler is called. The default is Off.
#
#ExtendedStatus On
# ServerName allows you to set a host name which is sent back to clients for
# your server if it's different than the one the program would get (i.e. use
# "www" instead of the host's real name).
#
# Note: You cannot just invent host names and hope they work. The name you
# define here must be a valid DNS name for your host. If you don't
understand
# this, ask your network administrator.
ServerName www.webwizardhost.com
# UseCanonicalName: (new for 1.3) With this setting turned on, whenever
# Apache needs to construct a self-referencing URL (a url that refers back
# to the server the response is coming from) it will use ServerName and
# Port to form a "canonical" name. With this setting off, Apache will
# use the hostname:port that the client supplied, when possible. This
# also affects SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT in CGIs.
UseCanonicalName on
# CacheNegotiatedDocs: By default, Apache sends Pragma: no-cache with each
# document that was negotiated on the basis of content. This asks proxy
# servers not to cache the document. Uncommenting the following line
disables
# this behavior, and proxies will be allowed to cache the documents.
#CacheNegotiatedDocs
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out
Timeout 300
# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
KeepAlive On
# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.
# We reccomend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request
KeepAliveTimeout 15
# Apache always creates one child process to handle requests. If it
# dies another child process is created automatically. Within the
# child process multiple threads handle incoming requests. The next two
# directives determine the behaviour of the threads and processes.
# Don't force a server to exit after it has served some number of requests.
# If you do want server's to exit after they have run for a long time (to
# help the system clean up after the process), please set this to a pretty
# large number - like 10,000. What this will do, is, each child server will
# exit after serving 10,000 requests, and another server will take its
place.
#MaxRequestsPerChild 10,000
# Number of concurrent threads at a time (set the value to more or less
# depending on the responsiveness you want and the resources you wish
# this server to consume).
ThreadsPerChild 150
# Proxy Server directives. Uncomment the following line to
# enable the proxy server:
# ProxyRequests On
# To enable the cache as well, edit and uncomment the following lines:
#CacheRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/proxy"
#CacheSize 5
#CacheGcInterval 4
#CacheMaxExpire 24
#CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.1
#CacheDefaultExpire 1
#NoCache a_domain.com another_domain.edu joes.garage_sale.com
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, in addition to the default. See also the VirtualHost command
# VirtualHost: Allows the daemon to respond to requests for more than one
# server address, if your server machine is configured to accept IP packets
# for multiple addresses. This can be accomplished with the ifconfig
# alias flag, or through kernel patches like VIF.
# Any httpd.conf or srm.conf directive may go into a VirtualHost command.
# See also the BindAddress entry.
NameVirtualHost 208.2.91.18
<VirtualHost 208.2.91.18>
ServerAdmin jc5609@webwizard1.com
DocumentRoot /home/host/www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /home/host/www/cgi-bin
Options IncludesNoExec
ServerName www.webwizardhost.com
ErrorLog /home/host/error_log
TransferLog /home/host/access_log
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 208.2.91.18>
ServerAdmin jc5609@webwizard1.com
DocumentRoot /home/seemewash/www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /home/seemewash/www/cgi-bin
Options IncludesNoExec
ServerName www.seemewash.com
ErrorLog /home/seemewash/error_log
TransferLog /home/seemewash/access_log
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 208.2.91.18>
ServerAdmin jc5609@webwizard1.com
DocumentRoot /home/steveuphol/www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /home/steveuphol/www/cgi-bin
Options IncludesNoExec
ServerName www.steveuphol.com
ErrorLog /home/steveuphol/error_log
TransferLog /home/steveuphol/access_log
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 208.2.91.18>
ServerAdmin jc5609@webwizard1.com
DocumentRoot /home/omniteq/www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /home/omniteq/www/cgi-bin
Options IncludesNoExec
ServerName www.omniteq-computers.com
ErrorLog /home/omniteq/error_log
TransferLog /home/omniteq/access_log
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 208.2.91.18>
ServerAdmin jc5609@webwizard1.com
DocumentRoot /home/storagequip/www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /home/storagequip/www/cgi-bin
Options IncludesNoExec
ServerName www.storagequip.com
ErrorLog /home/storagequip/error_log
TransferLog /home/storagequip/access_log
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 208.2.91.18>
ServerAdmin jc5609@webwizardhost.com
DocumentRoot /home/mail/www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /home/mail/www/cgi-bin
Options IncludesNoExec
ServerName mail.webwizardhost.com
ErrorLog /home/mail/error_log
TransferLog /home/mail/access_log
</VirtualHost>
# access.conf: Global access configuration
# Online docs at http://www.apache.org/
# This file defines server settings which affect which types of services
# are allowed, and in what circumstances.
# Each directory to which Apache has access, can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
# Note: Where filenames are specified, you must use forward slashes
# instead of backslashes. e.g. "c:/apache" instead of "c:\apache". If
# the drive letter is ommited, the drive where Apache.exe is located
# will be assumed
# Originally by Rob McCool
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# permissions.
# XXXX disabled because it is currently broken on Win32
#<Directory />
#Options FollowSymLinks
#AllowOverride None
#</Directory>
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs">
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",
# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
AllowOverride None
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
# C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/cgi-bin should be changed to whatever
your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
<Directory "C:/home/host/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
</Directory>
# Allow server status reports, with the URL of
http://servername/server-status
# Change the ".your_domain.com" to match your domain to enable.
#<Location /server-status>
#SetHandler server-status
#order deny,allow
#deny from all
#allow from .your_domain.com
#</Location>
# Allow remote server configuration reports, with the URL of
# http://servername/server-info (requires that mod_info.c be loaded).
# Change the ".your_domain.com" to match your domain to enable.
#<Location /server-info>
#SetHandler server-info
#order deny,allow
#deny from all
#allow from .your_domain.com
#</Location>
# There have been reports of people trying to abuse an old bug from pre-1.1
# days. This bug involved a CGI script distributed as a part of Apache.
# By uncommenting these lines you can redirect these attacks to a logging
# script on phf.apache.org. Or, you can record them yourself, using the
script
# support/phf_abuse_log.cgi.
#<Location /cgi-bin/phf*>
#deny from all
#ErrorDocument 403 http://phf.apache.org/phf_abuse_log.cgi
#</Location>
# You may place any other directories or locations you wish to have
# access information for after this one.
srm.cfg
# With this document, you define the name space that users see of your http
# server. This file also defines server settings which affect how requests
are
# serviced, and how results should be formatted.
# See the tutorials at http://www.apache.org/ for
# more information.
# Originally by Rob McCool; Adapted for Apache
# Note: Where filenames are specified, you must use forward slashes
# instead of backslashes. e.g. "c:/apache" instead of "c:\apache". If
# the drive letter is ommited, the drive where Apache.exe is located
# will be assumed.
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs"
# UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home
# directory if a ~user request is recieved.
#
# Under Win32, we do not currently try to determine the home directory of
# a Windows login, so one of the forms such as the below needs to be
# used. See the manual for details.
#
#UserDir "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/users/"
# DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML
# directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces.
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm .cgi
# FancyIndexing is whether you want fancy directory indexing or standard
FancyIndexing on
# AddIcon tells the server which icon to show for different files or
filename
# extensions
AddIconByEncoding (CMP,/icons/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip
AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.gif) text/*
AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image2.gif) image/*
AddIconByType (SND,/icons/sound2.gif) audio/*
AddIconByType (VID,/icons/movie.gif) video/*
AddIcon /icons/binary.gif .bin .exe
AddIcon /icons/binhex.gif .hqx
AddIcon /icons/tar.gif .tar
AddIcon /icons/world2.gif .wrl .wrl.gz .vrml .vrm .iv
AddIcon /icons/compressed.gif .Z .z .tgz .gz .zip
AddIcon /icons/a.gif .ps .ai .eps
AddIcon /icons/layout.gif .html .shtml .htm .pdf
AddIcon /icons/text.gif .txt
AddIcon /icons/c.gif .c
AddIcon /icons/p.gif .pl .py
AddIcon /icons/f.gif .for
AddIcon /icons/dvi.gif .dvi
AddIcon /icons/uuencoded.gif .uu
AddIcon /icons/script.gif .conf .sh .shar .csh .ksh .tcl
AddIcon /icons/tex.gif .tex
AddIcon /icons/bomb.gif core
AddIcon /icons/back.gif ..
AddIcon /icons/hand.right.gif README
AddIcon /icons/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^
AddIcon /icons/blank.gif ^^BLANKICON^^
# DefaultIcon is which icon to show for files which do not have an icon
# explicitly set.
DefaultIcon /icons/unknown.gif
# AddDescription allows you to place a short description after a file in
# server-generated indexes.
# Format: AddDescription "description" filename
# ReadmeName is the name of the README file the server will look for by
# default. Format: ReadmeName name
#
# The server will first look for name.html, include it if found, and it will
# then look for name and include it as plaintext if found.
#
# HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to
# directory indexes.
ReadmeName README
HeaderName HEADER
# IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore
# Format: IndexIgnore name1 name2...
IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for access control information.
AccessFileName .htaccess
# The following lines prevent .htaccess files from being viewed by
# Web clients. Since .htaccess files often contain authorization
# information, access is disallowed for security reasons. Comment
# these lines out if you want Web visitors to see the contents of
# .htaccess files. If you change the AccessFileName directive above,
# be sure to make the corresponding changes here.
<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
# TypesConfig describes where the mime.types file (or equivalent) is
# to be found.
TypesConfig conf/mime.types
# DefaultType is the default MIME type for documents which the server
# cannot find the type of from filename extensions.
DefaultType text/plain
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers (Mosaic/X 2.1+) uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
AddEncoding x-compress Z
AddEncoding x-gzip gz
# AddLanguage allows you to specify the language of a document. You can
# then use content negotiation to give a browser a file in a language
# it can understand. Note that the suffix does not have to be the same
# as the language keyword --- those with documents in Polish (whose
# net-standard language code is pl) may wish to use "AddLanguage pl .po"
# to avoid the ambiguity with the common suffix for perl scripts.
AddLanguage en .en
AddLanguage fr .fr
AddLanguage de .de
AddLanguage da .da
AddLanguage el .el
AddLanguage it .it
# LanguagePriority allows you to give precedence to some languages
# in case of a tie during content negotiation.
# Just list the languages in decreasing order of preference.
LanguagePriority en fr de
# Redirect allows you to tell clients about documents which used to exist in
# your server's namespace, but do not anymore. This allows you to tell the
# clients where to look for the relocated document.
# Format: Redirect fakename url
# Aliases: Add here as many aliases as you need (with no limit). The format
is
# Alias fakename realname
# Note that if you include a trailing / on fakename then the server will
# require it to be present in the URL. So "/icons" isn't aliased in this
# example.
Alias /icons/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/icons/"
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
# Format: ScriptAlias fakename realname
# ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/cgi-bin/"
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/home/omniteq/www/cgi-bin/"
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/home/host/www/cgi-bin/"
# If you want to use server side includes, or CGI outside
# ScriptAliased directories, uncomment the following lines.
# AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or to
# make certain files to be certain types.
# Format: AddType type/subtype ext1
# For example, the PHP3 module (not part of the Apache distribution)
# will typically use:
#AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .phtml
#AddType application/x-httpd-php3-source .phps
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers",
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action command (see below)
# Format: AddHandler action-name ext1
# To use CGI scripts:
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
# To use server-parsed HTML files
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
# Uncomment the following line to enable Apache's send-asis HTTP file
# feature
AddHandler send-as-is asis
# If you wish to use server-parsed imagemap files, use
AddHandler imap-file map
# To enable type maps, you might want to use
AddHandler type-map var
# Action lets you define media types that will execute a script whenever
# a matching file is called. This eliminates the need for repeated URL
#pathnames for oft-used CGI file processors.
#Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location
#Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location
# MetaDir: specifies the name of the directory in which Apache can find
# meta information files. These files contain additional HTTP headers
# to include when sending the document
#MetaDir .web
# MetaSuffix: specifies the file name suffix for the file containing the
# meta information.
#MetaSuffix .meta
# Customizable error response (Apache style)
# these come in three flavors
#
# 1) plain text
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo.
# n.b. the (") marks it as text, it does not get output
#
# 2) local redirects
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
# to redirect to local url /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl
# n.b. can redirect to a script or a document using server-side-includes.
#
# 3) external redirects
#ErrorDocument 402 http://some.other_server.com/subscription_info.html
#
# mod_mime_magic allows the server to use various hints from the file itself
# to determine its type.
#MimeMagicFile conf/magic
# The following directives disable keepalives and HTTP header flushes.
# The first directive disables it for Netscape 2.x and browsers which
# spoof it. There are known problems with these.
# The second directive is for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0b2
# which has a broken HTTP/1.1 implementation and does not properly
# support keepalive when it is used on 301 or 302 (redirect) responses.
BrowserMatch "Mozilla/2" nokeepalive
BrowserMatch "MSIE 4\.0b2;" nokeepalive downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
# The following directive disables HTTP/1.1 responses to browsers which
# are in violation of the HTTP/1.0 spec by not being able to grok a
# basic 1.1 response.
BrowserMatch "RealPlayer 4\.0" force-response-1.0
BrowserMatch "Java/1\.0" force-response-1.0
BrowserMatch "JDK/1\.0" force-response-1.0
this is the error
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, jc5609@webwizard1.com and inform
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that
may have caused the error.
couldn't spawn child process: c:/home/host/www/cgi-bin/search.cgi
i dont know why it says c:/home/ect. but this is what i get any help I would
be gratefull. jerold
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