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  1. #1
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    Strange Apache Status

    Hi all,

    My apache is now on error i think, when i try to get the apache status i get this:

    Current Time: Monday, 06-Jun-2005 21:30:08 WEST
    Restart Time: Monday, 06-Jun-2005 21:21:49 WEST
    Parent Server Generation: 0
    Server uptime: 8 minutes 19 seconds
    150 requests currently being processed, 0 idle servers

    WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
    WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
    WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..........................................
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    Scoreboard Key:
    "_" Waiting for Connection, "S" Starting up, "R" Reading Request,
    "W" Sending Reply, "K" Keepalive (read), "D" DNS Lookup,
    "L" Logging, "G" Gracefully finishing, "." Open slot with no current process

    PID Key:

    20984 in state: W , 20985 in state: W , 20986 in state: W
    20987 in state: W , 20989 in state: W , 20994 in state: W
    20995 in state: W , 20996 in state: W , 21004 in state: W
    21005 in state: W , 21006 in state: W , 21007 in state: W
    21008 in state: W , 21009 in state: W , 21010 in state: W
    21011 in state: W , 21012 in state: W , 21013 in state: W
    21014 in state: W , 21015 in state: W , 21016 in state: W
    21017 in state: W , 21018 in state: W , 21019 in state: W
    21020 in state: W , 21021 in state: W , 21022 in state: W
    21023 in state: W , 21024 in state: W , 21025 in state: W
    21026 in state: W , 21027 in state: W , 21028 in state: W
    21029 in state: W , 21030 in state: W , 21031 in state: W
    21032 in state: W , 21033 in state: W , 21034 in state: W
    21035 in state: W , 21036 in state: W , 21037 in state: W
    21038 in state: W , 21039 in state: W , 21040 in state: W
    21041 in state: W , 21042 in state: W , 21043 in state: W
    21044 in state: W , 21045 in state: W , 21046 in state: W
    21047 in state: W , 21048 in state: W , 21049 in state: W
    21050 in state: W , 21051 in state: W , 21052 in state: W
    21053 in state: W , 21054 in state: W , 21055 in state: W
    21056 in state: W , 21057 in state: W , 21058 in state: W
    21059 in state: W , 21060 in state: W , 21061 in state: W
    21062 in state: W , 21063 in state: W , 21066 in state: W
    21067 in state: W , 21068 in state: W , 21069 in state: W
    21070 in state: W , 21071 in state: W , 21072 in state: W
    21073 in state: W , 21074 in state: W , 21075 in state: W
    21076 in state: W , 21077 in state: W , 21078 in state: W
    21079 in state: W , 21080 in state: W , 21081 in state: W
    21082 in state: W , 21083 in state: W , 21084 in state: W
    21085 in state: W , 21086 in state: W , 21087 in state: W
    21088 in state: W , 21089 in state: W , 21090 in state: W
    21091 in state: W , 21092 in state: W , 21093 in state: W
    21094 in state: W , 21636 in state: W , 21637 in state: W
    21097 in state: W , 21638 in state: W , 21099 in state: W
    21100 in state: W , 21101 in state: W , 21102 in state: W
    21639 in state: W , 21104 in state: W , 21640 in state: W
    21106 in state: W , 21107 in state: W , 21108 in state: W
    21109 in state: W , 21110 in state: W , 21111 in state: W
    21112 in state: W , 21641 in state: W , 21115 in state: W
    21116 in state: W , 21642 in state: W , 21119 in state: W
    21643 in state: W , 21644 in state: W , 21122 in state: W
    21123 in state: W , 21124 in state: W , 21125 in state: W
    21126 in state: W , 21127 in state: W , 21128 in state: W
    21259 in state: W , 21645 in state: W , 21261 in state: W
    21263 in state: W , 21646 in state: W , 21539 in state: W
    21173 in state: W , 21269 in state: W , 21281 in state: W
    21647 in state: W , 21139 in state: W , 21140 in state: W
    21328 in state: W , 21144 in state: W , 21286 in state: W
    21288 in state: W , 21648 in state: W , 21154 in state: W
    21649 in state: W , 21650 in state: W , 21654 in state: W
    Doe any one can explain me what is going on and what to do?

    Thanks in advance

  2. #2
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    Looks like a massive GET attack, or a traffic spike. Are all the IP addresses the same, or different?
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  3. #3
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    Diferent IPs

  4. #4
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    I'm not sure that I really see anything strange about the status report? Is your website not working?
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  5. #5
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    Just do service httpd restart.

    Then do service httpd configtest, or is it config-test??
    Andrew Thomas

  6. #6
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    Kill Apache, and get to Nullrouting. It's either, an attack or a website that just got something similiar to a slashdot effect.

  7. #7
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    My web site is working, same with all my clients web sites, but i am getting 70%of RAM and the server load is unstable does from 0.20 to 20.0 this aint normal on a PIV 2.8 with 1Gb RAM and only 250 small sites.
    I am going to try the apache kill stuff.
    Tanx for your help mates ill bring a feed back later on

  8. #8
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    Done, was really the slashdot effect, found the user account associeted and suspended it, server is back to normality.
    Thank you all.

  9. #9
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    what did the user do to get you high CPusage?

  10. #10
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    slashdot effect?

  11. #11
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    A popular site (like slashdot) linked to one of his accounts. Thousands of users went to the website, thus slowing down the server due to massive amounts of traffic. It's referred to as the slashdot effect.

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