[geeks] Staring apache with "nice"?

[Mike Hebel]

Thus spake Geoffrey S. Mendelson:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 12:46:20PM -0600, Mike Hebel wrote:
>> Trying to keep apache from killing the Cobalt Qube 2700WG I have at home
>> but I can't seem to find where to add the "nice" command.
>>
>> Anybody got a good suggestion?  This is on Debian Cobalt btw.
>
> In /etc/init.d/apache to be exact.
>
> 	case "$1" in
> 	  start)
> 	    should_start
> 	    test_config
> 	    echo -n "Starting web server: $NAME"
> 	    $ENV $SSD --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON > /dev/null
> 	    ;;
>
> Somewhere on the last line, I assume.

I tried adding it there and I get variable errors.

> You may have better luck tweaking
> the config file.
>
> In /etc/apache/httpd.conf
>
> Set:
>
> 	StartServers
> 	MinSpareServers
> 	MaxSpareServers
> 	MaxClients
> 	MaxRequestsPerChild
>
> To relatively low numbers.

That's a distinctly possible solution.  Thanks.

Mike
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