Hi All, I am running a cgi program through Apache 2.2.3. Usually everything works fine, but sometimes under load and after about 1-2 hours continuous requests, I get the following error in the apache log: [Tue Sep 26 19:08:16 2006] [error] [client 192.168.26.155] (OS 5)Access is denied. : couldn't set child process attributes: E:/php/php-cgi.exe [Tue Sep 26 19:08:16 2006] [error] [client 192.168.26.155] (OS 5)Access is denied. : couldn't spawn child process: E:/php/php-cgi.exe [Wed Sep 27 11:25:22 2006] [error] [client 192.168.26.155] (OS 5)Access is denied. : couldn't set child process attributes: E:/cgi-bin/UploadProcessor.exe [Wed Sep 27 11:25:22 2006] [error] [client 192.168.26.155] (OS 5)Access is denied. : couldn't spawn child process: E:/cgi-bin/UploadProcessor.exe This error happens with both PHP 5.1.6 as well as with a CGI I compiled from C++, so it cannot be a php issue. I have around 50 - 150 clients hitting the server every 10 seconds. The CGI processes are "long-lived" they take 1 second to 3 minutes to do their thing. I have not noticed the lifetime of the cgi processes affecting this behavior. When these errors happen the clients get 500 errors. Prior to 2.2.3 I ran Apache 2.0.52 and the same issues happened. My Setup: P4 3Ghz HT 1 GB Ram Windows XP Pro Apache 2.2.3 any ideas? thanks, stan --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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