X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4855CC2E.2010304@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:13:02 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Fork: Resource temporarily unavailable References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Adam Thompson wrote: > Dear all, > > We have several sshd installations based on Cygwin, running on Server > 2003 SP1 (and also SP2). > > Over the last 12 months or so, there seems to have been a lot of > problems with sshd - the eventlogs cite a fork: resource temporarily > unavailable - error. > > I've checked the obvious (ie port 22/tcp isn't already bound > elsewhere, ran filemon/regmon) but failed to find the reason. Is > there a way of logging _which_ resource is temporarily (or rather, > persistently) unavailable? > > There seems to be a higher occurrence of this issue on Citrix PS > 4.0/4.5 presentation servers, but after ruling out various memory and > cpu optimisations (eg DLL rebasing - I've tried the rebaseall script > and confirmed that none of the sshd or cygrunsrv dependencies have > been touched by Citrix MPS), I can't pin it down to a specific patch > level or configuration. > > I've seen various other threads relating to this issue, but no > solution. I'd like to find the solution, but I seem to be missing > some vital pieces of the puzzle. > > I have a nasty feeling this is going to involve learning a bit more > about understanding the drwtsn32.exe crashdumps (manually attaching > the debugger, as crashdumps aren't a symptom of this issue). > > Thanks in advance - for any pointers/hints, > A common reason for this kind of message is also . Check it out if you haven't already. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/