/etc/init.d/apache2 restart produces error

On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 10:51:58AM -0000, TomasCassidy wrote:
> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart produces the following error in
> /var/log/apache2/error.log:
>
> [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)

Did you just stumble upon in the log files or is it actually causing you
any trouble?

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Soren Hansen
Ubuntu Server Team
http://www.ubuntu.com/

I just noticed it after doing a routine check of my log files. I found the same bug reported with debian (#400918), so I thought I might as well submit a bug here. I haven't really noticed it being a problem with anything (yet).

Thanks for your quick response. It smells like it might be this upstream bug: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42829

It seems like it, after reading that bug report. I remember having some issues after restarting apache, it would complain with some errors about pid files. I can't seem to find these errors in any log files, but I haven't looked too hard though.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - the Hardy Heron. It won't be fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the bug doesn't fit requirements for backporting. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information.

How do we get the apache update or whatever the thing is, as it grocked my webserver and I cannot wait until HH comes out in the spring?

06 21:29:37 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:09 2007] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Thu Dec 06 21:54:19 2007] [notice] Apache/2.2.4 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.3-1ubuntu6.2 configured -- resuming normal operations

I've just been googling this error message and was brought here - I'm getting this message in Ubuntu

Kubuntu 7.10 GUTSY
Linux: 2.6.22-16-generic

I get this when attempting to stop apache2 (or restart)
> sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

==> error.log <==
[Tue Jan 06 15:48:48 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully
[Tue Jan 06 15:48:48 2009] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Tue Jan 06 15:48:48 2009] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Tue Jan 06 15:48:48 2009] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Tue Jan 06 15:48:48 2009] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Tue Jan 06 15:48:48 2009] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)

I found this coz I'm having other errors to do with configuring multiple SSL hosts (with multiple IPs) under a single apache installation. I do not know if this error message is related to my SSL problem - yet - but is there a simple way to fix this problem without taking the full risk involved with going over to Hardy Heron?

Thanks,

Sean