Disabling the LDAP cache solves the bus error problem on Solaris but probably causes a performance problem for high traffic sites: LDAPCacheEntries 0 LDAPOpCacheEntries 0 ... other directives ... AuthLDAPEnabled on AuthLDAPAuthoritative on AuthLDAPURL "ldap://my-ldap-host:389/ou=People, dc=my-domain, dc=my-tld?uid?sub?(objectClass=*)" AuthType basic AuthName local require valid-user ... other directives ...