memory_limit - server error

memory_limit - server error

by jobe jobe -
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Hello. I keep getting the following server error:

Jun 12 03:00:04 server suhosin[3152]: ALERT - script tried to increase memory_limit to 201326592 bytes which is above the allowed value (attacker 'my_ip_number', file '/home/account/public_html
/moodle/lib/setuplib.php', line 80)

I have the memory_limit set to 64mb.
Should i increase it even more? Or is this something else - something that needs configuring in the admin panel?
Thanks.

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Re: memory_limit - server error

by Ken Wilson -
Hello Jobe

201326592 bytes = 192MB, so try increasing your memory_limit value to that or 256MB (just in case wink).

Ken
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Re: memory_limit - server error

by jobe jobe -
Thanks Ken - will try it.

It is the cron job that's triggering the warning in a Moodle site that is not being used at all.

I'm on a VPS with 768mb of ram - do you know if putting up the limit might have other consequences on the server & scripts?

Or instead of changing the php.ini file maybe I should try to change it locally in the .htaccess file?
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Re: memory_limit - server error

by Ken Wilson -
If your VPS allows you to burst up to higher values than 768MB, then I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's best to change the value in the PHP.INI file as the .htaccess file can have performance impacts.

Good luck!

Ken
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Re: memory_limit - server error

by jobe jobe -
Yes, I've got 2gb burst ram.

Thanks for the Apache reference - much appreciated.
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Re: memory_limit - server error

by John Rodkey -
As it turns out, this is a problem with suhosin hardening of php.
Edit /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini and change suhosin.memory_limit to the same value assigned to memory_limit in /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini (or /etc/apache2/php.ini, depending on your Linux distribution).

John
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