httpd fails to start with long require user string

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • The require user directive does not accept more than 8177 characters. If a string longer than that is used, apache fails to start with the following message:
service httpd start
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 281 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/access-nagios.conf:
Invalid command 'on@ABC.COM', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
  • Is there a limit on the number of characters with require user ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 6.x
    • Apache

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