Hi,

Just an update, I found out what was causing the search.cgi processes to hang;

I had setup an affiliated search results page for the times when there were no results returned. It calls the merchant's search tool and parses the returned results into a modified Links search results template.

I disabled it yesterday and haven't had any problems since, so I think I need to look at the code I wrote as there's obviously something wrong with it somewhere.

BTW: I'm now slowly getting the hang of managing the server, and I'm a little calmer and a touch more confident with it as well ...

All the best
Shaun