os-hpux/4844: apache does not start. dies with fatal error = "setgid: unable to set group id to Group 4294967294"

[Patrick Keane <ke...@danet.net>]

>Number:         4844
>Category:       os-hpux
>Synopsis:       apache does not start.  dies with fatal error = "setgid: unable to set group id to Group 4294967294"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 10 06:20:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     keane@danet.net
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
HP-UX hawk B.10.10 A 9000/861 2010626133
/usr/bin/cc
>Description:
Sample error_log entries:

[Tue Aug 10 09:13:23 1999] [alert] (22)Invalid argument: setgid: unable to set group id to Group 4294967294
[Tue Aug 10 09:13:23 1999] [notice] Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Aug 10 09:13:23 1999] [alert] Child 19768 returned a Fatal error... 
>How-To-Repeat:
Compile using ./configure && make install
on a standard HP_UX 10.10 install (I have tried on two seperate machines).
>Fix:

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