Re: perl script to run as non-root

It sounds like either:

You may be running a different perl than the default system perl (which is a good idea), and that perl doesn't have DBD::Sybase installed. If this is the case, then you need to install DBD::Sybase for the perl you're using.
You may have a slightly different setup than the root account does for perl. For example, I use the PERL5LIB environment variable to tell perl where to look for my personal libraries. Perhaps the root account is doing something like that to locate the DBD::Sybase package.
You may be using the same perl and the same include path, but you may be missing permission to access some directory or directories.

I'd start by checking perl --version in your account and the root account to see if they're the same or not. Then I'd try perl -e 'print join("\n",@INC)' on both accounts to see if there are any differences. Finally, I'd check the directory permissions on the path to .../DBD/Sybase.pm to see if you have permissions to access it.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

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Re^2: perl script to run as non-root by dbashyam (Novice) on Oct 16, 2014 at 14:29 UTC
Thanks for your replies, The only difference I find is when I run this command as "root' I get the below output perl -e 'print join("\n",@INC)' /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 While I run as non-root I get the below output: perl -e 'print join("\n",@INC)' /opt/nms/perl/lib /opt/nms/perl/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /opt/nms/perl/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /opt/nms/perl/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 Actually there is no perl folder inside the /opt/nms/ but not sure how it is showing that. Will that be an issue? But apart from that I checked the permission of Sybase.pm and the path where the Sybase.pm is all seems to be fine. Thanks,	[reply]
Re^3: perl script to run as non-root by McA (Priest) on Oct 16, 2014 at 14:51 UTC
Hi, and where have you found `DBD/Sybase.pm`? Is there any Sybase related environment variable for user root? McA	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: perl script to run as non-root by roboticus (Chancellor) on Oct 16, 2014 at 19:41 UTC
dbashyam: Based on the path differences, I'd guess that you have a different perl. It seems that the system perl is using /usr/local/* and /usr/share/perl5/, while the perl your account uses accesses /opt/nms/perl/. Check with your system administrator to find out how to get access to the Sybase libraries (if they're installed), or how to change your path so that you can use the system perl (if that's allowed). By the way: it would've been a lot easier to look at if you put the output in code tags... ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]