Joomla + suPHP + ispconfig + Etch causes too many processes!

[Insane1]

Please help me. I started a server with ispconfig on debian etch. I secured the server with suphp. All done with the manuals here. But now, i got a big error. I moved my last page to the server and now, THIS site doesnt work. All the other Sites work, a smaller Joomla Site, too. But this Joomla Page doesn't.

I checked out the memory and i saw, the webuser of the page causes 30-40 php5-cgi processes with hundrets of MBs Memory Usage. The Page timed out with a 500 error.

i checked all the permissions but the error.log still gives me just one error:

[Fri Apr 18 08:41:30 2008] [error] [client x.x.x.x] Premature end of script headers: index.php

But all the permissions are correct! And the Page runs out of memory.

Can you help me how to find the reason? is there a logfile i didnt find? How can i locate the script, which causes the error? :(

[falko]

What's the value of memory_limit from your php.ini?
What's the output of top?

[Insane1]

memory_limit = 64M

And top shows

12434 root 18 0 163m 17m 9.8m S 0.0 4.5 0:00.36 apache2
15532 web16_go 16 0 114m 22m 8940 S 0.0 5.9 0:00.12 php5-cgi
1446 mysql 15 0 153m 32m 4104 S 99.9 8.5 98:47.29 mysqld
15219 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3152 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.01 apache2
2179 admispco 15 0 33516 5332 3148 S 0.0 1.4 0:05.79 ispconfig_httpd
15221 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3144 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15298 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3140 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
24795 admispco 15 0 33520 5300 3116 S 0.0 1.3 0:05.33 ispconfig_httpd
15215 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3076 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.01 apache2
15222 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3072 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15216 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3064 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15220 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3064 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15223 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3064 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15290 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3064 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15218 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3060 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15217 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3056 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15224 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3052 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15466 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3052 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
9875 root 16 0 36788 2692 2120 S 0.0 0.7 0:00.00 sshd
1534 postgrey 15 0 34444 5808 2108 S 0.0 1.5 0:02.87 postgrey

web16_go is the web with the problem. All the other webs run perfect!

(Lüneburg germany? Da könnten wir ja auch deutsch sprechen ;))

[falko]

memory_limit = 64M Have you tried to increase the memory_limit, e.g. to 128M?

And top shows

12434 root 18 0 163m 17m 9.8m S 0.0 4.5 0:00.36 apache2
15532 web16_go 16 0 114m 22m 8940 S 0.0 5.9 0:00.12 php5-cgi
1446 mysql 15 0 153m 32m 4104 S 99.9 8.5 98:47.29 mysqld
15219 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3152 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.01 apache2
2179 admispco 15 0 33516 5332 3148 S 0.0 1.4 0:05.79 ispconfig_httpd
15221 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3144 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15298 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3140 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
24795 admispco 15 0 33520 5300 3116 S 0.0 1.3 0:05.33 ispconfig_httpd
15215 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3076 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.01 apache2
15222 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3072 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15216 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3064 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15220 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3064 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15223 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3064 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15290 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3064 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15218 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3060 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15217 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3056 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15224 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3052 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
15466 www-data 15 0 164m 10m 3052 S 0.0 2.7 0:00.00 apache2
9875 root 16 0 36788 2692 2120 S 0.0 0.7 0:00.00 sshd
1534 postgrey 15 0 34444 5808 2108 S 0.0 1.5 0:02.87 postgreyI'm interested in the beginning of the top output. Can you post it again, maybe also the output of cat /proc/meminfo?


(Lüneburg germany? Da könnten wir ja auch deutsch sprechen ;))
Yes, but then nobody else can understand us. ;)

[SamTzu]

What Joomla version is the website using?
What extensions (components, modules, plugins, etc) is the website using?
What version?

I hear tell that a lot of spam is sent these days using old "buggy" php code.
Joomla 1.0.x has had many security flaws.

Upgrading to 1.5 may help.