MaxClients of 350 exceeds ServerLimit value of 256 servers

[csgonan]

I just upgraded a solaris 9 server to apache 2.2.8 from 2.2.6, using the same configuration. I am now getting the error/warning when I restart (either gracefully or not). If I change the number of MaxClients to 250, I do not get the error about MaxClients but I still get the Warning (about "attempt to change...). My server limit is 350 and even if MaxClients is the same, I get this error.

As I said, I am using the same configuration as I did with 2.2.6 and I did not have those messages. Is there a bug in 2.2.8?

Thank you

[Sat May 10 12:29:11 2008] [notice] SIGHUP received. Attempting to restart
WARNING: MaxClients of 350 exceeds ServerLimit value of 256 servers,lowering MaxClients to 256. To increase, please see the ServerLimit directive.
[Sat May 10 12:29:14 2008] [warn] WARNING: Attempt to change ServerLimit ignored during restart
[Sat May 10 12:29:14 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.
9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations

 

[elgrandeperro]

ServerLimit (I think) can only be changed done at startup. A restart is not sufficient. A graceful stop / start is required.