>Number:         1945
>Category:       os-irix
>Synopsis:       Apache logs endlessly to error_log and never starts up.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 13 11:00:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     lars@bu.edu
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3b5
>Environment:
IRIX romulus 6.2 03131015 IP22 mips
Using MIPSPro CC 7.1
>Description:
Compiling the 1.3b5 source without any non-distribution modules, and using either
my own *.conf files or the distribution *.conf files, apache fills up 
error_log with:

[Fri Mar 13 13:07:13 1998] [alert] (2)No such file or directory: getpwuid: couldn't determine user name from uid

This will continue indefinately until the apache processes are killed.  Apache
1.2.5 works fine in the same directory using the same config files.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
No.  However, while trying to diagnose the problem I ran into problems with
the -X switch -- as far as I can tell, apache is getting as far as accept_mutex_init
(via the SAFE_ACCEPT call in standalone_main) and is exiting after the sem_get
call.
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