Number of apache2 process > MaxClients ?

[Min Wang <ser.basis@gmail.com>]

Hi

I have apache2.conf using prefork with MaxClient setting to 30 ( on Lenny)

but on system I saw more than 100 apache2 processes

Isn't the MaxClients supposed to limit total apache2 processes to be 30?

Something may be wrong/security issue?


# pstree

init-+-apache2-+-94*[apache2---{apache2}]
    |         `-7*[apache2]


/etc/apache2.conf

# prefork MPM
<IfModule prefork.c>
StartServers         5
MinSpareServers      5
MaxSpareServers     10
MaxClients          30
MaxRequestsPerChild  0
</IfModule>


Thanks

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Kind regards 

Min Wang