Try adding times to the apache access log, and look for the bigger ones. The CPU use is probably WAIT time for database access or script parsing. -----Original Message----- From: kalin mintchev [mailto:kalin@xxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:52 PM To: Nathan Kinkade Cc: freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxx; users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [users@httpd] Re: weird httpd processes > Does your httpd installation serve up any scripted content i.e. using > perl, PHP, etc. I have seen apache spin out of control due to poorly, > or incorrectly written scripts. ok. yes. the machine has been running fine for months. how would i know which is the offending script?!? it serves a lot of websites that use different scripts - perl,php,etc... > > Nathan > -- -- "In a world without walls or fences, who needs Windows and Gates?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx