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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!van-bc!van-bc!not-for-mail From: jhenders@wimsey.com (John Henders) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: help: how to increase max # of user nobody's processes Date: 16 Jul 1996 02:19:14 -0700 Organization: Wimsey Information Services Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4sfmqi$hea@vanbc.wimsey.com> References: <4sb4vm$ign@er5.rutgers.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: vanbc.wimsey.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) In <4sb4vm$ign@er5.rutgers.edu> lemmie@eden.rutgers.edu (lemmie) writes: >As the subject line notes, I'm trying to increase the maximum # of processes >spawned by the user "nobody." I've set up Netscape's httpd to be started by >nobody but after about 4 or 5 instances (for a number of virtual domains) >it seems to crap out when users try to execute cgi scripts (which are also >run by "nobody"). See the /etc/access.conf file and associated man page, if you're using 2.1. Otherwise you could up the number using limit or ulimit in the startup script