Rails - Aug 2009 - passenger - bignum too big to convert into `long'

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
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Dietrich Speer <
rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> 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

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> 
> Dietrich, is it possible for you to generate a minimal test case
> that reproduces this issue?
> 
> -Conrad
That''s a great idea - I need to try that
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