Thanks to Georgi Chorbadzhiyski [gf@xxxxxxxxxxx] for pointing me to this amazing "feature" of Apache. Try the status page with the undocumented "?notable" at the end. (http://myserver/status?notable) Also, have a look at the long thread I once started on this list called Apache 2.0.58 + Solaris 5.9: status "...reading..." & TCP state "FIN_WAIT_2" I had some interesting answers... To my opinion the "reading" state is normal if you're using proxy or reverse proxy. It might be malicious if you're running a simple HTTP server... Olivier Olivier CHIROUZE I&0 Infrastructure Volvo Information Technology > -----Original Message----- > From: Reif Peter [mailto:gal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 27 March 2007 15:36 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: ..reading.. in mod_status > > My server hangs sometimes. When I call the server-status in > mod_status, > all my children are in status "R", "..reading..". To trace my > problem I > have to know what this exactly means. > > What means "..reading.."? > > In which state of the Apache live cicle does this appear? > > Does it correspond with entries in the output of "netstat" ? > > My environment: > Apache 2.2.4 with mod_perl 2.0.3 > RedHat Enterprise 3 > > _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ __________. > /\ __'\\ __\\_ _\\ __\\ __'\ /\ \ > \ \ \_\ \\ \_/_'\ \/ \ \_/_\ \_\ \\ \ POBODY \ > \ \ __/ \ __\ \ \\ \ __\\ __'.\ \ IS \ > \ \ \/ \ \ \_/_ \ \\ \ \_/_\ \'\ \\ \ NERFECT \ > \ \_\ \ \____\ \_\\ \____\\_\ \_\\ \__________\ > \/_/ \/____/`/_/ \/____//_/ /_/ \/__________/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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