On 6/27/05, Boyle Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: AussieJohn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Montag, 27. Juni 2005 13:29 > > > > > > Could it be a CGI program? Does apache start as root? > > > > > > ----- > > it could indeed be a cgi (PHP) program - allthough quite > > often I am not > > using the webserver, and will still die, hence suggesting to > > me that it is > > not a CGI script causing this. > > You say "... I am not using the webserver ..." > > Eh? It is the clients on the WWW who use the webserver - or do you mean that > it is not connected to the internet? > > To be clear, what I'm wondering is whether someone has written a script > somewhere which is causing a restart when it gets requested. > > This is why I asked if apache is started as root. If not, then a CGI script > may be able to issue a restart directly. Howver, even if apache is started as > root, the CGi could touch a file somewhere and if make were running on the > root crontab with the touch file as a dependency it could make a restart > (this is a common ploy to restart automatically after some file has been > touched). >
--- Oh, sorry for not clarifying this earlier, but the webserver runs on my development machine, and thus does not get any traffic from the outside world. I have been manually starting apache as root (either when logged in to a root shell, or thru 'sudo'). Though I do remember setting apache to run as its 'own' user and group (apache and htdocs respectively) ... this user and group have access to read/write/exec on the webservers document root. anyway - i may get some sleep - and maybe when i get to work tomorrow the magix tux-fairies will have fixed my problem - if not I'm sure I will reply with some more details on the server config and what not... john --- > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > > > > also what might be interesting to note, is that I did to a > > reboot of my system, > > as I figured this may clear out zombified processes and other nasty > > things that may have ended up in memory/in apache thread. > > > > Alas, to no avail, approximately 10/15 mins after reboot the > > server died again. > > > > ----- > > > > > > Rgds, > > > > Owen Boyle > > > > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may > > be ignored. > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is extremely odd, as the webserver > > > > > ofcourse doesn't > > > > > get used on the weekend as it is my workstation (I'm a web > > > > developer). > > > > > the only thing I could think of was a misbehaving profiler > > > > or module. > > > > > The only things I added before the server started dying was a > > > > > virtualhost > > > > > and mod_auth. > > > > > I have tested with disabling the vhost, mod_auth and > > > > > Xdebug (PHP profiler/debugger). > > > > > > > > > > None of these seem to give me a solution. So I am still > > stuck with a > > > > > sporadically > > > > > dying webserver. > > > > > When I get back to work in the morning I will however make > > > > sure that > > > > > there are no crontabs set. I am 99.9 % sure there > > aren;t as I am the > > > > > only one that > > > > > uses my machine. > > > > > > > > > > Would their be any other way to find out what exactly happens > > > > > that would kill > > > > > the server ? > > > > > ------------- > > > > > > Rgds, > > > > > > Owen Boyle > > > > > > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may > > > > be ignored. > > > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > "If you really want something in this life, you have to > > work for it. > > > > > Now, quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers..." > > > > > - Homer Simpson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may > > contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged > > information. 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