From nobody@hyperreal.com Tue Apr 8 08:53:28 1997 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by hyperreal.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA16697; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:53:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199704081553.IAA16697@hyperreal.com> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:53:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich Andrews Reply-To: rich@smu.edu To: apbugs@hyperreal.com Subject: Auth_MSQL X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 330 >Category: mod_auth-any >Synopsis: Auth_MSQL >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: closed >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 8 09:00:02 1997 >Last-Modified: Fri Oct 31 16:21:22 PST 1997 >Originator: rich@smu.edu >Organization: >Release: 1.2b7 >Environment: DEC UNIX Ver 3.2 >Description: Authentication never succeeds. Error log says "access to cgi_script_name failed for host_name. reason: mSQL: Could not connect to Msql DB server_name (Can't find your username. Who are you?) This is a DEC UNIX specific bug in the msql auth module. I may have time to fix the bug. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback State-Changed-By: coar State-Changed-When: Tue May 13 11:26:26 PDT 1997 State-Changed-Why: Have you been able to identify the specific problem in the mSQL auth module? Is it related to 64bit operations? Does the problem still persist with a more recent version (e.g., 1.2b10)? From: coar@decus.org (Rodent of Unusual Size) To: apbugs@apache.org, Coar@decus.org Subject: Re: mod_auth-any/330: Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 14:21:36 -0400 Adding response from originator. From the fingers of "Rich Andrews, Sr. UNIX Administrator, SMU" flowed the following: > >it is definately a msql module problem. As i have seen no change >in the msql code in 1.2b10, i have to make the assumption that >it is not fixed. I can verify that for sure if you would like. >It seems that certain child processes do not pick up the >environment of the parent. > >There is also a problem with the php/fi module. >The php/fi directive will on occasion, >bring up the systems /etc/hosts file along with all the rest of the >data that it reports. This is on a Digital UNIX platform. Comment-Added-By: coar Comment-Added-When: Mon Aug 18 04:02:03 PDT 1997 Comment-Added: This is the only report we've received of this problem. Please go to and review it, since this message won't include the full case details. Nothing has changed in the module of which I'm aware, so I assume the problem still exists in Apache 1.2.1, correct? If you can give more details about what you think the cause is, we can take a look at it. Otherwise, I'm going to close this case in about a week, assuming it's been fixed somehow. State-Changed-From-To: feedback-closed State-Changed-By: marc State-Changed-When: Fri Oct 31 16:21:22 PST 1997 State-Changed-Why: mod_auth_msql is no longer a part of the Apache distribution as of 1.3. >Unformatted: Submitter also says: Environment: Digital UNIX all versions. Description: When running a busy site with a few virtual sites configured, MSQL authentication fails. If you hit reload many times, it may eventually succeed.