On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 08:41, Jaysingh Samuel<jayasingh.sam...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > We are getting the following warning's on the error Logs. The warning are > shown at graceful restart of apache server. > > [warn] long lost child came home! (pid 31188) > > We are doing graceful restart of apache server every 30 minutes and we get > these warning repetitively, i have tested with the apache "restart" and > that's not showing warning. > Is this a fatal error?. More light on this regarding the cause and solution > to stop this will be very helpful. > > Thanks in advance,Jaysingh Samuel.
Apache keeps its children in a table of process IDs, called the scoreboard. Then, the main server, the one that has created and started the children processes, waits on them. When the child exits, the main server looks up the PID of the exiting child in the scoreboard. If the child is not in the scoreboard, you get this warning. It may occur if you start children from your main server (for example in the pre/post_config hooks). As you start them yourself, they won't be managed by apache, so their PIDs do not appear in the scoreboard. This would be a "harmless" way in which you could get the warning when you shut down your children. S -- A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top-posting frowned upon? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
