mod_perl2 setsid sometimes fails

david2008 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,
I have a mod_perl application which runs a background script and exits.
The background script is run by fork.
In the child the function setsid is called.
This works for 99% of times.
Sometimes the setsid function fails. I want to understand why it fails and what can be done against it.
I use perl 5.10.1,mod_perl 2.05 and apache 2.2.20.
Thanks,
David

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Re: mod_perl2 setsid sometimes fails by Anonymous Monk on Jun 25, 2012 at 09:53 UTC
Increase all logging verbosity options, if all else fails, use strace	[reply]
Re^2: mod_perl2 setsid sometimes fails by david2008 (Scribe) on Jun 25, 2012 at 11:09 UTC
Thanks for your reply. May you please expand about which verbosity options i can increase?	[reply]
Re^3: mod_perl2 setsid sometimes fails by Anonymous Monk on Jun 25, 2012 at 11:23 UTC
May you please expand about which verbosity options i can increase? Sorry, I can't. It would require that I search mod_perl manual, apache manual ... and also guess what else you're using strace is the big hammer :)	[reply]

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