Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.8.3/V2.0) id MAA14467; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 12:30:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from nora.pcug.co.uk by taz.hyperreal.com (8.8.3/V2.0) with SMTP id MAA14445; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 12:30:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from imdb.demon.co.uk by nora.pcug.co.uk id aa26938; 19 Dec 96 20:29 GMT Message-Id: <199612192012.UAA02356> Subject: WWW Form Bug Report: "Apache fails to run, setgid error reported." on AIX (fwd) To: apache Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 20:12:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Rob Hartill Organization: Internet Movie Database Ltd. X-pgp-public-key: http://us.imdb.com/pgp.html X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com One for the FAW perhaps. ----- Forwarded message from jnu@raleigh.ibm.com ----- Message-Id: <199612191925.LAA08535@taz.hyperreal.com> From: jnu@raleigh.ibm.com To: apache-bugs%apache.org@organic.com Date: Thu Dec 19 11:25:52 1996 Subject: WWW Form Bug Report: "Apache fails to run, setgid error reported." on AIX Submitter: jnu@raleigh.ibm.com Operating system: AIX, version: 4.1.4 Version of Apache Used: 1.2b2, 1.2b1, 1.1.1 Extra Modules used: URL exhibiting problem: Symptoms: -- The Apache httpd cannot start because setgid (in http_main.c) returns with -1. This is probably due to the user not changing this line in the httpd.conf configuration file: Group #-1 This can be FIXED on AIX by replacing that line with: Group nobody At least this _seems_ to work for _me_. (I know you don't want configuration questions, but I've seen this posted before on the newsgroups, and I thought the above solution might appear in future documentation somewhere). -- Backtrace: -- -- ----- End of forwarded message from jnu@raleigh.ibm.com ----- -- Rob Hartill. Internet Movie Database Ltd. http://www.imdb.com/