> -----Original Message----- > From: Eben [mailto:eben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:17 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: perl scripts suddenly failing > > Hello, > > In the last few days, existing cgi scripts that had been > working fine, > now fail with an apache 500 error. The exact error getting logged by > apache is: > > [Wed Apr 4 12:01:47 2007] [error] [client 71.233.250.53] > (35)Resource > temporarily unavailable: couldn't spawn child process: > /home/user/cgi-bin/test.cgi > > test.cgi is a simple hello world perl script. In the apache conf for > the site I have: > > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/user/cgi-bin/ > <Directory /home/user/cgi-bin> > AllowOverride None > Options None > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Directory> > > "which perl" shows /usr/bin/perl > > This is running on Mac OSX 10.3.9 on a G5 xserve with the latest Not too familiar with Mac Os but I believe it's now based on FreeBSD... Anyway, it seems to be having some resource limitation problem (file descriptors is one of the Usual Suspects). The simplest thing to try to get going again would be a reboot. Then check system logs and try a MacOs forum/consultant... Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > updates. Any suggestions for further troubleshooting or > solutions are > appreciated > thanks, > Eben > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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