No, no changes to the max_connections. What we did discover is that although this is a master db and not a slave of any, it was trying to replicate to an unknown server (nothing in the master.info file) with user "test". Nobody here recalls doing anything to set this up...
FYI Variables.... mysql> show variables \G; *************************** 1. row *************************** Variable_name: back_log Value: 50 *************************** 2. row *************************** Variable_name: basedir Value: /usr/local/mysql/ *************************** 3. row *************************** Variable_name: binlog_cache_size Value: 32768 *************************** 4. row *************************** Variable_name: character_set Value: latin1 *************************** 5. row *************************** Variable_name: character_sets Value: latin1 dec8 dos german1 hp8 koi8_ru latin2 swe7 usa7 cp1251 danish hebrew win1251 estonia hungarian koi8_ukr win1251ukr greek win1250 croat cp1257 latin5 *************************** 6. row *************************** Variable_name: concurrent_insert Value: ON *************************** 7. row *************************** Variable_name: connect_timeout Value: 5 *************************** 8. row *************************** Variable_name: datadir Value: /home/data/mysql/data/ *************************** 9. row *************************** Variable_name: delay_key_write Value: ON *************************** 10. row *************************** Variable_name: delayed_insert_limit Value: 100 *************************** 11. row *************************** Variable_name: delayed_insert_timeout Value: 300 *************************** 12. row *************************** Variable_name: delayed_queue_size Value: 1000 *************************** 13. row *************************** Variable_name: flush Value: OFF *************************** 14. row *************************** Variable_name: flush_time Value: 0 *************************** 15. row *************************** Variable_name: have_bdb Value: NO *************************** 16. row *************************** Variable_name: have_gemini Value: NO *************************** 17. row *************************** Variable_name: have_innodb Value: NO *************************** 18. row *************************** Variable_name: have_isam Value: YES *************************** 19. row *************************** Variable_name: have_raid Value: NO *************************** 20. row *************************** Variable_name: have_ssl Value: NO *************************** 21. row *************************** Variable_name: init_file Value: *************************** 22. row *************************** Variable_name: interactive_timeout Value: 28800 *************************** 23. row *************************** Variable_name: join_buffer_size Value: 131072 *************************** 24. row *************************** Variable_name: key_buffer_size Value: 8388600 *************************** 25. row *************************** Variable_name: language Value: /usr/local/mysql/share/mysql/english/ *************************** 26. row *************************** Variable_name: large_files_support Value: ON *************************** 27. row *************************** Variable_name: locked_in_memory Value: OFF *************************** 28. row *************************** Variable_name: log Value: OFF *************************** 29. row *************************** Variable_name: log_update Value: OFF *************************** 30. row *************************** Variable_name: log_bin Value: ON *************************** 31. row *************************** Variable_name: log_slave_updates Value: OFF *************************** 32. row *************************** Variable_name: log_long_queries Value: OFF *************************** 33. row *************************** Variable_name: long_query_time Value: 10 *************************** 34. row *************************** Variable_name: low_priority_updates Value: OFF *************************** 35. row *************************** Variable_name: lower_case_table_names Value: 0 *************************** 36. row *************************** Variable_name: max_allowed_packet Value: 1048576 *************************** 37. row *************************** Variable_name: max_binlog_cache_size Value: 4294967295 *************************** 38. row *************************** Variable_name: max_binlog_size Value: 1073741824 *************************** 39. row *************************** Variable_name: max_connections Value: 100 *************************** 40. row *************************** Variable_name: max_connect_errors Value: 10 *************************** 41. row *************************** Variable_name: max_delayed_threads Value: 20 *************************** 42. row *************************** Variable_name: max_heap_table_size Value: 16777216 *************************** 43. row *************************** Variable_name: max_join_size Value: 4294967295 *************************** 44. row *************************** Variable_name: max_sort_length Value: 1024 *************************** 45. row *************************** Variable_name: max_user_connections Value: 0 *************************** 46. row *************************** Variable_name: max_tmp_tables Value: 32 *************************** 47. row *************************** Variable_name: max_write_lock_count Value: 4294967295 *************************** 48. row *************************** Variable_name: myisam_recover_options Value: 0 *************************** 49. row *************************** Variable_name: myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size Value: 256 *************************** 50. row *************************** Variable_name: myisam_max_sort_file_size Value: 2047 *************************** 51. row *************************** Variable_name: myisam_sort_buffer_size Value: 8388608 *************************** 52. row *************************** Variable_name: net_buffer_length Value: 16384 *************************** 53. row *************************** Variable_name: net_read_timeout Value: 30 *************************** 54. row *************************** Variable_name: net_retry_count Value: 10 *************************** 55. row *************************** Variable_name: net_write_timeout Value: 60 *************************** 56. row *************************** Variable_name: open_files_limit Value: 0 *************************** 57. row *************************** Variable_name: pid_file Value: /home/data/mysql/data/db01tc0927.pid *************************** 58. row *************************** Variable_name: port Value: 3306 *************************** 59. row *************************** Variable_name: protocol_version Value: 10 *************************** 60. row *************************** Variable_name: record_buffer Value: 131072 *************************** 61. row *************************** Variable_name: record_rnd_buffer Value: 131072 *************************** 62. row *************************** Variable_name: query_buffer_size Value: 0 *************************** 63. row *************************** Variable_name: safe_show_database Value: OFF *************************** 64. row *************************** Variable_name: server_id Value: 1 *************************** 65. row *************************** Variable_name: slave_net_timeout Value: 3600 *************************** 66. row *************************** Variable_name: skip_locking Value: ON *************************** 67. row *************************** Variable_name: skip_networking Value: OFF *************************** 68. row *************************** Variable_name: skip_show_database Value: OFF *************************** 69. row *************************** Variable_name: slow_launch_time Value: 2 *************************** 70. row *************************** Variable_name: socket Value: /var/local/mysql/mysql.sock *************************** 71. row *************************** Variable_name: sort_buffer Value: 2097144 *************************** 72. row *************************** Variable_name: sql_mode Value: 0 *************************** 73. row *************************** Variable_name: table_cache Value: 64 *************************** 74. row *************************** Variable_name: table_type Value: MYISAM *************************** 75. row *************************** Variable_name: thread_cache_size Value: 0 *************************** 76. row *************************** Variable_name: thread_stack Value: 65536 *************************** 77. row *************************** Variable_name: transaction_isolation Value: READ-COMMITTED *************************** 78. row *************************** Variable_name: timezone Value: UTC *************************** 79. row *************************** Variable_name: tmp_table_size Value: 33554432 *************************** 80. row *************************** Variable_name: tmpdir Value: /tmp/ *************************** 81. row *************************** Variable_name: version Value: 3.23.41-log *************************** 82. row *************************** Variable_name: wait_timeout Value: 28800 Jeff McKeon IT Manager Telaurus Communications LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] (973) 889-8990 ex 209 ***The information contained in this communication is confidential. It is intended only for the sole use of the recipient named above and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication, or any of its contents or attachments, is expressly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send it to the sender and delete the original message, and any copy of it, from your computer system. Thank You.*** > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Menzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:47 AM > To: Jeff McKeon; MySQL LIST > Subject: Re: Aborted clients > > > Hi Jeff, > Just a quick guess did you change the max_connections > variable up from the default of 100? You did not provide a > show variables so I can only guess. > > From the [mysqld] section of /etc/my.cnf > set-variable = max_connections=500 > > Ken > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff McKeon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MySQL LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 7:45 AM > Subject: Aborted clients > > > > Ver 3.23 on RH Linux. > > > > We came in this morning and were greeted by our DB server rejecting > > connections to the db from our application. There seems to be a > high > > number of Aborted_clients. How can we tell what clients/connections > are > > causing this? > > > > mysql> show status; > > +--------------------------+------------+ > > | Variable_name | Value | > > +--------------------------+------------+ > > | Aborted_clients | 149 | > > | Aborted_connects | 122 | > > | Bytes_received | 422801700 | > > | Bytes_sent | 3604618252 | > > | Connections | 7375 | > > | Created_tmp_disk_tables | 885 | > > | Created_tmp_tables | 20331 | > > | Created_tmp_files | 509 | > > | Delayed_insert_threads | 0 | > > | Delayed_writes | 0 | > > | Delayed_errors | 0 | > > | Flush_commands | 2 | > > | Handler_delete | 5252 | > > | Handler_read_first | 35028 | > > | Handler_read_key | 95425837 | > > | Handler_read_next | 2978256304 | > > | Handler_read_prev | 0 | > > | Handler_read_rnd | 7727972 | > > | Handler_read_rnd_next | 3143081074 | > > | Handler_update | 45487 | > > | Handler_write | 2010283 | > > | Key_blocks_used | 7793 | > > | Key_read_requests | 585802473 | > > | Key_reads | 18261 | > > | Key_write_requests | 3740894 | > > | Key_writes | 254091 | > > | Max_used_connections | 100 | > > | Not_flushed_key_blocks | 0 | > > | Not_flushed_delayed_rows | 0 | > > | Open_tables | 64 | > > | Open_files | 109 | > > | Open_streams | 0 | > > | Opened_tables | 252 | > > | Questions | 5171955 | > > | Select_full_join | 881 | > > | Select_full_range_join | 0 | > > | Select_range | 22 | > > | Select_range_check | 0 | > > | Select_scan | 280668 | > > | Slave_running | ON | > > | Slave_open_temp_tables | 0 | > > | Slow_launch_threads | 0 | > > | Slow_queries | 138 | > > | Sort_merge_passes | 254 | > > | Sort_range | 474 | > > | Sort_rows | 40227394 | > > | Sort_scan | 22550 | > > | Table_locks_immediate | 5695456 | > > | Table_locks_waited | 8278 | > > | Threads_cached | 0 | > > | Threads_created | 7373 | > > | Threads_connected | 97 | > > | Threads_running | 2 | > > | Uptime | 317854 | > > +--------------------------+------------+ > > > > > > > > Jeff McKeon > > IT Manager > > Telaurus Communications LLC > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (973) 889-8990 ex 209 > > > > ***The information contained in this communication is confidential. > It > > is intended only for the sole use of the recipient named above and > may > > be legally privileged. 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