this one is confusing the hell outta me. i finally broke down and wrote a  modperl_startup.pl to get away from all the annoying PERL5LIB sections in various host.conf files floating around on this server.

i'm trying to get a subclass of Apache::AuthCookie to work.

the more i look at this, the more confused i am. the error: 

Can't locate authenticate.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/httpd/proim
+ageteam.com/libs .... )

Can't locate object method "authenticate" via package "RemoteAuthentic
+ation" (perhaps you forgot to load "RemoteAuthentication"?).

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which i would understand, except for the fact that the module in question *is* in @INC. 
locate RemoteAuthentication.pm
/home/httpd/proimageteam.com/libs/RemoteAuthentication.pm

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the directory is the first one listed in @INC. my httpd.conf for this VirtualHost looks OK too ... 
Alias /apps /home/httpd/proimageteam.com/modperl_apps

<Directory /home/httpd/proimageteam.com/modperl_apps>
  <Files login.pl>
   SetHandler perl-script
   PerlHandler Apache::Registry
   Options +ExecCGI
   allow from all
   PerlSendHeader On
  </Files>
</Directory>

## These documents require user to be logged in.
<Directory /home/httpd/proimageteam.com/html/testMemberArea>
 AuthType RemoteAuthentication
 AuthName ProImage
 PerlAuthenHandler RemoteAuthentication->authenticate
 PerlAuthzHandler RemoteAuthentication->authorize
 require valid-user
</Directory>

##this is the action of the login.pl script above.
<Location /apps/LOGIN>
 AuthType RemoteAuthentication
 AuthName ProImage
 SetHandler perl-script
 PerlHandler RemoteAuthentication->login
</Location>

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so where is this "authenticate.pm" coming from, when it's just a method name?

Edit: i almost feel like i should delete this one, since i solved my own problem.

in my .... confusion, i forgot to  use RemoteAuthentication in the modperl_startup.pl. i didn't remember that i commented out one of the included files.

In reply to mod_perl can't locate module in @INC by geektron

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