Re: detecting fd leaks (was Re: Apache::Request)

[Doug MacEachern]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Stas Bekman wrote:

> > I have no real conclusion to reach, except that it seems to be leaking
> > files.
> 
> Well, I wanted to write Apache::FileLeak or an extension to
> Apache::VMonitor to show the opened file descriptors, the files and the
> processes that have opened them, but this requires a root access unless
> you want to see the information about the current process only.

what i've found to be a nice solution for such a problem, is to use PlRPC,
where the server is setuid root.  access is limited to 127.0.0.1, which
might not be enough, but is perfect for something like Audio-RaveMP
(on cpan), it might also be a reasonable solution for your
Apache::FileLeak.