Re: glibc2.1 + apache1.3.4 weirdness
On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Michel Onstein wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after i upgraded to glibc2.1 on 2 boxes one is experiencing the following
> problem with apache:
>
> apache: [Sat Mar 20 20:41:19 1999] [notice] Apache/1.3.4 (Unix) Debian/GNU
> configured -- resuming normal operations
> apache: [Sat Mar 20 20:41:19 1999] [alert] (22)Invalid argument:
> initgroups: unable to set groups for User nobody and Group 4294967295
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> apache: [Sat Mar 20 20:41:21 1999] [alert] Child 192 returned a Fatal
> error...
> Apache is exiting!
>
> This (ofcourse) prevents apache from starting up. It looks like some 16/32
> bit problem in the call to initgroups, cause 4294967295 == -1L and
> according to /etc/group, nogroup == -2... maybe just coincidence...
>
> A recompile of apache on that system does not solve the problem.
>
> The weird thing is that on another box, the latest and greatest of potato
> as well, it's all running fine... So it must be the combination of one or
> 2 packages?
I had that problem.
I changed Group #-1 to Group nogroup in httpd.conf, which fixed it..
Jules
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