On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Dietrich Speer < [email protected]> wrote:
> > I have a very strange problem and can't seem to figure it out. > > I have passenger 2.2.4 and apache 2.2 running a rails application. > > It ran fine for weeks when I decided to update Apache. I might also have > messed with the users on this machine (OS X 10.5) > > Now when I start it, Apache starts up fine, loads passenger, and > everything looks good. > > Then, after a while ( and I don't know how long), when I just refresh > any page, I get: > > bignum too big to convert into `long' > > No entry in either log. > > Research this a little, I found that a bug in ruby doesn't handle > switching users well - a negative UID is read as a big number, which > then throws this error. > > Looking into my user list, I can find only one negative UID - > 'unprivileged user'. I might be able to switch this to a different UID, > but would that not open a security hole? Also - why is this user even > used? > > Has anybody else seen this before, and how did you fix it? > > Greatful for any help. > > Dietrich Dietrich, is it possible for you to generate a minimal test case that reproduces this issue? -Conrad > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
