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From: fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Apache + FreeBSD 2.1.0-R = SIGSEGV
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:27:04 -0700
Organization: Lightside, Inc.
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A client has been running Apache under FreeBSD for a while, and now
suddenly the following problems happen:

1. httpd takes a LONG time (in excess of 10 minutes) to configure itself.
2. every hit yields an error of this type in error_log:
   [Fri Sep 20 15:03:08 1996] httpd: caught SIGSEGV, dumping core
   and of this type in /var/log/messages:
   Sep 20 15:08:46 otny /kernel: pid 299: httpd: uid 65534: exited on signal 6

Despite the 'dumping core,' no core files can be found on the system.

The problems seem *not* to occur if there is 1 and only 1 VirtualHost, but
this system was running fine with half a dozen VirtualHosts only a week
ago. I made sure that all the IP addresses, aliases, and DNS files were
correct. The problem occurs with Apache 1.0.2 and with Apache 1.1.1. I
have exhausted all the things I could think of. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-- 
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"Attempts to control the use of encryption technology are wrong in
principle, unworkable in practice, and damaging to the long term economic
value of the information networks." - UK Labour Party