How to fix 'File name too long' error in apache2?

Question

I see a lot of 'File name too long' errors in apache error log on Debian.

How can I fix this?

More details, maybe an excerpt from the logfiles maybe? – Sven May 14 '12 at 12:55 — Sven, May 14 '12 at 12:55

Bart De Vos · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-14T13:33:50.637

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This is a known bug and or known problem.

This could be the bug: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45187

Or your file name might actually be too long, in that case, make sure your file-names (or anything between 2 slashes) is not longer then 255 characters.

Also, make sure to revise any mod_rewrite-rules you have, they can also cause this behavior.

When you have an argument/filename longer then 255 chars, apache will check this against your file system limits.

More info on the max filename length can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Limits

There aren't a lot of them that allow for longer file names, so you will have to make them shorter, no other way around them.

edited May 14 '12 at 13:33

answered May 14 '12 at 12:57

Bart De Vos

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Well, since I use 'clean urls' in non-western alphabet the urls may actually exceede 255 characterless. How exactly can I increase the limit? Thanks – alfish May 14 '12 at 13:17
Updated answer above. – Bart De Vos May 14 '12 at 13:34

How to fix 'File name too long' error in apache2?

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