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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43084 Summary: Group in AuthGroupFile cannot contain more than approx. 8 KB (of characters) Product: Apache httpd-2 Version: 2.2.4 Platform: Other OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Other Modules AssignedTo: [email protected] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Group lines in (mod_authz_groupfile) AuthGroupfiles appear to have a maximum fixed size of 8192 characters including the group name, colon, whitespace and end-of-line character(s). Usernames on such a long group line, appearing past the 8192-byte limit, will not be let in: ---8<--- [Fri Aug 10 13:09:33 2007] [error] [client 130.238.131.137] Authorization of user XYZ to access /Pass/index.html failed, reason: user doesn't appear in group file (/apache/secret/abc/def/.htgroup)., referer: http://www.xyz.uu.se/ --->8--- ...even though they are present on the line and hence should be considered a member of the group. Attaching example files to test this. The username "test" will not be considered a member of the group "brokengroup", but will be considered a member of the group "okgroup". (Tested on both Linux and AIX.) -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
