Bug#429959: apache2: using auth_ldap make child segfault or hang silently

[Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>]

On Thursday 21 June 2007, Guillaume wrote:
> Package: apache2
> Version: 2.0.54-5sarge1

Apache2 in sarge will only get security updates. This bug will not be 
fixed there.

> We are using for a few days the auth_ldap module in our apache2
> conf. The first morning, we observed a hang on the server ; users
> can send auth information, but never saw back the prompt for
> login/pass nor the page expected.

There have been significant improvements in mod_ldap in Apache 2.2, 
which is in Debian etch and later. You should try whether 2.2 fixes 
your problem.

Cheers,
Stefan