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A few newbie questions

         

sodani

9:12 pm on Apr 17, 2007 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I have a few questions about my web server, and I was wondering if someone could help me out.
- When I use the 'apachectl graceful' command to restart Apache, I get the message: WARNING: MaxClients of 25 exceeds ServerLimit value of 10 servers, lowering MaxClients to 10. To increase, please see the ServerLimit directive.
Does this mean that I just need to go into the httpd.conf file and increase the setting numbers for MaxClients and ServerLimit?
- I can go make the changes to httpd.conf, but then what? My understanding is that for the changes to go into effect, you need to restart apache, but the command to restart apache isn't working for me.
- For me to log into my server, I have to 'su -' to root, which means that there is no root username and password. So in order to upload and make certain files owned by root, do I have to upload them via FTP using 'username' and then log in as root and change the owner of those files?

I appreciate any help.

jdMorgan

10:22 pm on Apr 17, 2007 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



The answer to question #1 is "Yes, raise MaxClients."

The answer to the rest is, "Ask your host, because it depends on how they've set things up."

Jim