Bug ID 1111629: Messages with "Failed Read: User, referer" are logged in /var/log/httpd/httpd_errors

Last Modified: Nov 16, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
17.0.0, 16.1.3, 16.1.2.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.5.1, 14.1.5, 14.1.4.6, 13.1.5

Fixed In:
17.1.0, 16.1.4, 15.1.9

Opened: Jun 01, 2022

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

After logging in to the GUI you may observe these logs under /var/log/httpd/httpd_errors warning httpd[7698]: [auth_pam:warn] [pid 7698] [client 10.6.4.2:61221] AUTHCACHE Error processing cookie AFQ6MCL2VWASB6NZTAWGQLFFWY - Failed Read: User, referer:

Impact

- Increased disk space usage under /var/log - Increased memory size of httpd processes

Conditions

- Using token authentication for rest calls - Login to the GUI

Workaround

Growth in httpd memory use can be mitigated by restarting httpd: bigstart restart httpd

Fix Information

These messages are no longer logged when not needed.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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