I CPanel, it shows that a lot of "/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd-DSSL" are running, taking up 3.5% of the current used memory each. Why is this taking up so much memory, and is there anything I can do to change this?

Thanks,

Matt

"/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl stop" Would put a stop to that i'd imagine, but i dont think you'd be thrilled with the outcome :D

I tried that, but now my sites won't work! :D :D

I just checked again, and most of them were terminated pretty quickly, although some seem to linger for a long time. What exactly does the DSSL part mean?

- Matt

You're running mod_ssl

Originally posted by mainarea
What exactly does the DSSL part mean?
The -D option sets a configuration paramter that you can use with the <IfDefine> and </IfDefine> parts of your configuration file(s).

The SSL part just means that you can now use:

<IfDefine SSL>
bunch of SSL-related stuff here
</IfDefine>

If you don't use the -DSSL option when launching httpd, httpd will ignore anything inside the <IfDefine SSL> ... </IfDefine> parts of your configuration file.

-DSSL doesn't necessarily "activate" your SSL features -- it just enables the <IfDefine SSL> stuff for your config file, which by default contains the proper directives to activate your SSL features. You can remove all of the <IfDefine SSL> stuff from your config file, run httpd without the -DSSL, and SSL will still be activated.

Hope that makes sense....