Hi, Fritz ! Fritz Mesedilla wrote:
I configured the STUPID_LOG_FILE and got these in the logs: 2001-09-18T13:28:26 INFO(0) zdaemon zdaemon: Tue Sep 18 21:28:26 2001: Houston, we have forked ------ 2001-09-18T13:28:26 INFO(0) zdaemon zdaemon: Tue Sep 18 21:28:26 2001: Hi, I just forked off a kid: 5155 ------ 2001-09-18T13:28:26 INFO(0) zdaemon zdaemon: Tue Sep 18 21:28:26 2001: Houston, we have forked
Is this an error?
Nope. Forking means nothing but starting a new process within another. Especially with server- (= deamon-) processes, as in this case, this is commonly used to start child processes hat e.g. have different user-ids. For example the first Apache process starts with uid root (this has to be that way because port 80 is a protected port accessible only by root) an then forks several children with non-root uids ... Hm. Very simplified, but hopefully enough to make you feel better :-) ta -------------------------------------------------------------------------- smartferret it-consulting Dipl.-Ing. Linzbichler KEG Dipl.-Ing. Takashi Veikko Linzbichler Tannhofweg 28/3 A-8044 Graz, Austria Tel.: 0316 / 39 89 40 -0 Fax: 0316 / 39 89 40 -20 Mobil: 0676 / 31 26 286 eMail: takashi.linzbichler@smartferret.com WWW: http://www.smartferret.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------