Hi guyz,
I just have a quick question, I run the following 2 commands:

# ps -ef | grep httpd
root 16345 1 15 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
httpd 16347 16345 0 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
httpd 16348 16345 0 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
httpd 16349 16345 0 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
httpd 16350 16345 0 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
httpd 16351 16345 0 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
httpd 16352 16345 0 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
httpd 16353 16345 0 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
httpd 16354 16345 0 03:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd

AND

# netstat -na | grep :80 | grep EST
<snipet>
tcp 0 0 128.121.251.105:80 211.120.54.246:26368 EST
tcp 0 0 128.121.251.105:80 219.122.41.101:48000 EST
tcp 0 0 128.121.251.105:80 72.30.87.96:56648 EST
.
.


I was wondering, what the difference between the /usr/sbin/httpd in the ps command and the ESTABLISHED connection in the netstat command? Thanks for the help.

The output from the ps command is showing the 8 or so processes started by Apache when launched (the number is configurable). These processes are running waiting for users from web-land to connect to your web server. Each new connection is directed to one of these 8 processes.

Netstat is showing you that three of them are currently connected to real users. The others are still waiting for a connection request.

The Apache config file determines how many are started at boot time (default = 8), how long they live before being killed off and replaced with fresh processes, and how many free process (a lower limit) are there before more are started (to deal with increased loads).

DUDE!!! THANKS ALOT!!!! I really appreciate it!!!!