Regarding Apache on HP-UX 11.00.

[Mike Stratton]

uname -a returns: HP-UX inventi B.11.00 A 9000/785 2014254496 two-user license

Greetings. I have installed Apache from the Software Depot distribution available on HP's website. After configuring httpd.conf as I have done many times before on other servers (though admittedly FreeBSD servers), I started apache for the first time through:

/opt/apache/bin/apachectl start

I am returned with:

/opt/apache/bin/apachectl start: httpd started

But I see no httpd processes in ps -ef

In addition, checking the logfile available at /opt/apache/logs/error_log:
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[Mon Feb 3 01:05:56 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: initgroups: unable to set groups for User www and Group 99 setgroups: Invalid argument
[Mon Feb 3 01:05:56 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: initgroups: unable to set groups for User www and Group 99 setgroups: Invalid argument
[Mon Feb 3 01:05:56 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: initgroups: unable to set groups for User www and Group 99 setgroups: Invalid argument
[Mon Feb 3 01:05:56 2003] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: initgroups: unable to set groups for User www and Group 99
[Mon Feb 3 01:05:56 2003] [notice] HP Apache-based Web Server/1.3.27 (Unix) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Feb 3 01:05:56 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: fcntl (Default: fcntl)
[Mon Feb 3 01:05:56 2003] [alert] Child 1702 returned a Fatal error...
Apache is exiting!
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I've checked /etc/group, and see the following:

www::99:www

User and Group in httpd.conf are both set to 'www'.

apachectl start was executed by root.

I've searched google high and low and can't find the answer to this; assistance is much appreciated with this problem! Please let me know if there is more information required.

[RAC_1]

what does pwck and grpck says.

post the results.

su - www and excecute id. what it gives?

[Mike Stratton]

pwck returns open prompt.
grpck returns open prompt.

Interestingly enough, 'su - www' returns this:

# su - www
setgroups: Invalid argument
setgroups: Invalid argument
su: Unable to initialize group access list

I've never run into this before. :) My primary experience is with FreeBSD, Solaris and Linux, not HP-UX.

[Stefan Farrelly]

Looks like a syntax error in your /etc/group file - not necessarily caused by your www entry but could be caused by any entry. Check the whole group file very carefully.

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

Off topic, you can get a multi-user licence for free:
B6837AA

[Stefan Farrelly]

maybe you have a setprivgrp groupfile setup also - check that; /etc/privgroup
maybe it has errors in also. Try temporarily renaming it, su - www and see if you stil have errors.

[Steve Steel]

Hi

Any solution will most likely involve reducing the number of groups your users are members of, see the NGROUPS_MAX value

Are you trying to put www in more than 20 groups.

Only 8 if /etc/logingroup is linked to it



steve Steel

[Mike Stratton]

# cat /etc/group
root::0:root
other::1:root,hpdb
bin::2:root,bin
sys::3:root,uucp
adm::4:root,adm
daemon::5:root,daemon
mail::6:root
lp::7:root,lp
tty::10:
nuucp::11:nuucp
users::20:root
nogroup:*:-2:www
www::99:www


I see no file /etc/privgroup.

[Mike Stratton]

Ah, excuse my stupidity. I forgot to remove 'www' from 'nogroup' during earlier testing.

Removing this has worked. Thank you for all your assistance!