Not using mod_perl, just using Perl v5.8.8
Also using Apache::Session::MySql

So when I view 'top' from SSH I see something like this when I notice a bunch of hangs:
26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

# Added these to show what it looks like when there are issues:

26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

26034 holytea   18   0 13544  10m 2096 S   16  0.5   0:00.49 web.cgi

#There are a bunch in here like that, of course all have their own pid
+, I also see a bunch of httpd processes.
10099 nobody    15   0  158m  17m 4640 S    3  0.9  33:22.20 httpd    
+                
26001 root      15   0  2172 1036  792 R    1  0.0   0:00.16 top      
+                
    1 root      15   0  2044  596  512 S    0  0.0   0:04.62 init     
+                
    2 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:09.06 migration
+/0              
    3 root      36  19     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.21 ksoftirqd
+/0              
    4 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/
+0               
    5 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:08.04 migration
+/1              
    6 root      34  19     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.39 ksoftirqd
+/1              
    7 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/
+1               
    8 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:10.65 migration
+/2              
    9 root      34  19     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.17 ksoftirqd
+/2              
   10 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/
+2               
   11 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:07.09 migration
+/3              
   12 root      35  19     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.24 ksoftirqd
+/3              
   13 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/
+3               
   14 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.31 events/0

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So what I need is for web.cgi and index.cgi to be monitored so that if they run too long they are automatically 'killed'. I know a kill daemon would be the way to go, but I have no idea how to go about it. I've been looking for a few weeks but cannot find anything definative.

thx,
Richard

In reply to Re^2: Catching processes stuck in an apparent loop by powerhouse
in thread Catching processes stuck in an apparent loop by powerhouse

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