Hi:
I could use a little help, as support obviously has gone to bed already :) One of my servers seems to be down, but only httpd requests. All ftp/telnet/tracerout works just fine.

Is there any command I could at at telnet to jump start httpd again?

Thanks,

You can try:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

Thanks. Back up :)

Just another question...I'm running "top" now, and alongside cgi scripts, <defunct> is listed alongside them. Is this indicative of a problem? For example:

myscript.cgi <defunct>

Thanks,

It doesn't indicate a problem. I can't really explain in clear word but it is like the request had expire after a period of time.

Originally posted by MxHub
It doesn't indicate a problem. I can't really explain in clear word but it is like the request had expire after a period of time.

It's funny though, since <defunct> is now alongside very cgi process when I run top, and I've never seen this before last night.

Defunct is not a good thing to have happen (it's a sign of a poor script) but it's not a terribly bad thing. It means the OS has to clean up after scripts vs. having the scripts terminate properly themselves.

Dan