general/2387: couldn't spawn child process

[Mike Perry <ml...@icorp.net>]

>Number:         2387
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       couldn't spawn child process
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jun  8 17:10:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     mlistbsd@icorp.net
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.2.6+SSL 1.6
>Environment:
Running: freebsd 2.2.6 (kernel has maxusers=256) - trying to figure out the 
best environment to run apache under to avoid problems, but concerned that this
is an Apache problem.  This is the ben-ssl patch to 1.26 and runs well except..
>Description:
My OS/environment vars seem to be up to par, BUT I'm getting errors trying to
execute cgi-bin apps from ApacheSSL if x users/requests hit the server simultaneously.
also getting: "fork: Resource temporarily unavailable".

The OS, FH limits and all that seem to be properly set - ulimit=unlimited, etc.
Maybe some superficial advice on the startup shell script?  But not sure if
this is the problem.  I know AP-SSL is a slightly different monster, but running
1.26 on the same machine with no problems - just the SSL version dies sometimes
when trying to run cgi - intermittently.  Please advise.  Been changing various Max/min
spare/client settings to no avail.
>How-To-Repeat:
call cgi from AP-ssl with more network calls than matches the number of current
server processes - the number does not seem to expand.
>Fix:
Not sure - calling environment?  Bug in SSL patch?  Misconfiguration?  Trying
to find an answer....
>Audit-Trail:
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