Re^5: Trouble with Perl CGI script

I thought about a permission's issue as well but the error message didn't state an error opening or executing. I looked through my httpd.conf and couldn't find anything that instructed apache to use a specific program or user to execute cgi scripts but that doesn't mean the directive isn't supported. I suppose the OP could "su - username" to the user that runs the cgi scripts and test it from the command line. In my experience that user is usually "apache" or "nobody".

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Re: Trouble with Perl CGI script by benizi (Hermit) on Jul 28, 2005 at 18:28 UTC
I get hit by a similar problem occasionally. I would definitely check the permissions on the installed module. When I install as root, I sometimes forget to drop my umask from 077 (my paranoid default) to 022 (so that non-root users can read/execute stuff installed). Also look in architecture-specific subdirectories. (i.e., at work when I mess this up, I've got to check solaris4-multi-thread, or whatever, and at home, i686-linux subdirs). Update: The reason the error message doesn't indicate anything about reading or executing is because it couldn't find the file, as the permissions on the directory containing the .pm are too strict. Example: Read more... (979 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Trouble with Perl CGI script by ChrisR (Hermit) on Jul 28, 2005 at 19:35 UTC
Good point. I have never run into that myself, however, your example clearly demonstrates the symptoms. Thanks for the update. I hope the OP is still watching his thread.	[reply]