On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:32:23 +1000
Michael Christie <michael@powerzone.net.au> wrote:
> I am running webmin and virtualmin on freebsd 7.0, I have found when
> i add a number of domains using virtualmin and restart apachie i get the
> following error.
>
> [alert] (22)Invalid argument: initgroups: unable to set groups for User
> www and Group 80... Apachie will not start..
>
>
> it happens when the 'apache' or 'httpd' user is a member of too many groups. By default,
> Virtualmin adds the user Apache runs as to each domain's group, which
> eventually triggers this problem.
so is the dummy spit by apache itself, or a syscall made by apache ?
u can use ktrace on apache when starting/dying and see what is causing the actual problem.
IF the issue really is central to /etc/groups , would moving to a bigger user management system (LDAP, NIS ? ) be possible? ( possibly implies changes to virtualmin too..)
B
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