Bug#615632: apache2: Ability to set ulimit limits (eg. open file limit)

[Tim Stoop <tim@kumina.nl>]

Package: apache2.2-common
Version: 2.2.16-6
Severity: wishlist

Hi there,

I might be missing something, but I would really appreciate some way of
overriding ulimit limits, preferably from /etc/default/apache2 or something. We
running into open file limit problems and to fix those, I see no other solution
than changing the initscript for apache and adding "ulimit -n 65535" right in
front of the apache2ctl start command.

Or is there some other way that I'm missing here? Thanks in advance!

-- 
Kind regards,
Tim


-- Package-specific info:
List of enabled modules from 'apache2 -M':
  alias auth_basic authn_file authz_default authz_groupfile
  authz_host authz_user autoindex cgi deflate dir env fcgid mime
  negotiation reqtimeout rewrite setenvif ssl status

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apache2 depends on:
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork           2.2.16-6   Apache HTTP Server - traditional n
ii  apache2.2-common              2.2.16-6   Apache HTTP Server common files

apache2 recommends no packages.

apache2 suggests no packages.

Versions of packages apache2.2-common depends on:
ii  apache2-utils           2.2.16-6         utility programs for webservers
ii  apache2.2-bin           2.2.16-6         Apache HTTP Server common binary f
ii  libmagic1               5.04-5           File type determination library us
ii  lsb-base                3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mime-support            3.48-1           MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  perl                    5.10.1-17        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  procps                  1:3.2.8-9        /proc file system utilities

-- no debconf information