Disable commands on "nobody"

[iUnknown]

Hello,

On a server, I have so many idle apache threads which are useless, using up CPU and eating up RAM.

nobody /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -DSSL

/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -DSSL - is running on the user "nobody" and I don't believe anything should really run on this user. If I kill the processes one by one they get recreated with new PIDs. How can I stop this command from being run or any commands being run on the user nobody?

[Redacted]

delete the user?

[Robbie]

@ Above: "nobody" means no user.

[Recursion]

Aren't they threads made when someone visits the site? They should kill them selves every so often.

[Flisker]

Its normal that they sit there. It's so that as soon as somebody connects to the server it will assist them immediately. Also you cant disable "nobody".