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Subject: Re: Please help: http/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated
From: "James W. Abendschan" <jwa @ jammed . com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 00:37:35 -0700 (PDT)
To: firewalls @ greatcircle . com, Greg Harp <gh @ dfwnet . sbms . sbc . com>
In-reply-to: <33CADC5D . 19FE @ dfwnet . sbms . sbc . com>

On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Greg Harp wrote:
> I'm running into a problem where http-gw causes a "server failing
> (looping), service terminated" message on my bastion host (SunOS
> 4.1.3_U1 with lotsa patches).  The gateway isn't actually failing --
> it's just running several instances in rapid succession.  This usually
> occurs on more "busy" pages, or when several users are hitting the
> Intranet at the same time.

This is a message from inetd complaining that demand for the http-gw
service is exceeding a preset threshold (40 spawns per minute,
I believe).

You can increase this threshold by editing the inetd.conf file,
locating the line with the http-gw entry, and changing the "nowait"
field to something like "nowait.120" (to allow 120 spawns per minute.)
Make sure to send signal 1 to inetd after you've made these changes.

James

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