Re: [cobalt-users] Warning about RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-16622.pkg

["Jonathan Michaelson" <michaelsonjd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank,

> >I installed this patch onto a test server of ours and we are now seeing
> >hundreds of zombie CGI processes created from Apache. I suspect that it
is
> >these that are causing people's servers to "slow down".
>
> Today (unfortunately) I installed this update, too. And I got the same
problem.
>
> No solutions so far in the sun board - I posted there, too ->
>
>
http://cobalt-forum.sun.com/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=5619&rid=1592&S=852d06aa19b6e11be1aac58bc10b08f2&pl_view=&start=40#msg_104231
>
> Maybe I missed a solution - or is there still none? Any help would be
great...

If you reply to my email address I'd be happy to send you the pre-package
httpd binaries which you can simply replace the "new" ones with. This
effectively backs off the problems and has resolved the issue for me.

I find it somewhat bizarre that Sun wants us to pay it to fix their updates
(see the thread), but there you go.

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Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson

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