MaxServers directive

Purpose

The MaxServers directive sets the maximum number of children for the hunt group that NCSA HTTPd 1.4 will launch to handle increased load from the number made at run time by StartServers.

Warning: Several systems have a relatively low number of open files allowed per process. (SunOS GENERIC has 64, for instance). Each server requires an open file descriptor. Chances are, you would have run into this problem under 1.3 as well. If you get cannot open IPC errors, this is the possible cause.

For more information on the server hunt group, see the 1.4 Changes.

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Syntax

MaxServers number

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File

httpd.conf

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Default

If this directive is left out, the compiled default will be used.

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