Well, I wrote a "timeout" CGI especially to go into a loop. It's still running after 720 seconds on my 2.0.46+ server under linux.  Timeout is set to 300.
I never saw looping CGI's terminated under version 1 either.
With four processors in our system we sometimes don't notice looping CGI scripts for a few days!

On 13/10/06, Ravi Menon < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In the apache 1.3.x on Linux that I am using, apache does send a SIGTERM
when the Timeout value has reached.  The code is here:

apache_1.3.33/src/main/alloc.c:free_proc_chain()

This is called from ap_clear_pool() which is done at the end of
request cycle, or
during hard timeouts.

The logic here also covers runaway cgi apps.

Didn't confirm if the same exists in apache 2x but I would be
surprised if this functionality was removed.

Ravi



On 10/11/06, Steve Swift < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As far as I know Apache doesn't send Sigterm to a running CGI. This has
> nothing to do with the Timeout directive.
> A couple of weeks ago I asked the opposite question: "How can I timeout a
> CGI that is hung/looping?" and the answer I got, from trusted sources was
> that it cannot be done with Apache alone, but would require an external
> monitor.
>
> Something else on your system is doing this.
>
> On 11/10/06, Nguyen, Nguyen Vu <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > As far as I know the Timeout directive does control the amount of time a
> CGI
> > has before receiving a SIGTERM. However my CGI still receives a SIGTERM
> > after what appears to be a random amount of time that is much less than
> what
> > I have set in the Timeout directive. The client side still has the
> > connection to the CGI when it receives the SIGTERM. So I'm wondering under
> > what other circumstances does apache send SIGTERM to a CGI? Any help is
> very
> > much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
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