Graham Leggett wrote:
Hi all,
While testing mod_ldap, I noticed it was creating a shared memory file
like so:
[minfrin@jessica httpd-2.0]$ ls -al /tmp/mod_ldap_cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody 4294967295 4 Jan 22 14:09
/tmp/mod_ldap_cache
As others mentioned, that big number has the same representation as 32-bit
-1. I checked a couple of systems and gid_t is unsigned 32-bit there,
and Apache treats the number as gid_t internally. The user can code that
big unsigned number for group if they want to. Operationally, the right
thing happens either way; there is no bug.
Perhaps some people would rather see
Group #4294967295
instead of
Group #-1
in the default config file?
I prefer the second flavor actually (historical (i.e., google-able) and more
concise).
