[H-GEN] Apache segfaulting... how to debug

[Greg Black]

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On 2003-07-10, Michael Anthon wrote:
> I have a problem with apache.  I am finding a lot of log messages 
> indicating that apache child process are segfaulting, e.g.
> 
> >[Thu Jul 10 00:12:53 2003] [notice] child pid 22379 exit signal 
> >Segmentation fault (11)

I don't know anything about apache, but I do know that on lots
of systems frequent puzzling sig 11 exits can be a symptom of
flaky memory -- are you sure the hardware is OK?

> I'm stuffed if I can get apache to give me a core file.

Are the processes setuid?  (That will prevent core files on many
systems.)

Cheers, Greg

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