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Date: 27 Sep 2001 15:24:07 -0000
From: Coates Carter <ccarter@richmond.edu>
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Subject: parent cannot start child processes
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>Number:         8419
>Category:       os-solaris
>Synopsis:       parent cannot start child processes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep 27 08:30:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Thu Sep 27 09:06:21 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Thu Sep 27 09:06:21 PDT 2001
>Originator:     ccarter@richmond.edu
>Release:        2.0.16b
>Organization:
>Environment:
SunOS 5.8 sparc (Ultra10)
gcc 2.95.2
>Description:
Apache 2.0.16b compiled and installed with no problems.  When apachectl starts the parent, it records the wrong pid in /usr/local/apache2/logs/httpd.pid.  The value recorded is always the real pid minus one.  So 'apachectl stop' doesn't know what process to kill.

Also, when the parent tries to spawn a child, I see this error in error_log:
[alert] (22)Invalid argument: setgid: unable to set group id to 4294967295
[alert] Child 2130 returned a Fatal error... Apache is exiting!

The parent's pid was 2128, but httpd.pid contained 2127.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: rbb
State-Changed-When: Thu Sep 27 09:06:20 PDT 2001
State-Changed-Why:
This is a configuration error.  Your config file is
referencing Group -1, which your platform does not
support.  Edit your config file, and change the Group
config to nobody, or the appropriate Group.
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