PeterRyan has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

Solaris 10, PERL 5.8.4.

I am using perlgcc and CPAN to install various perl modules in support of Twiki 4.3.2.

I am testing by /usr/perl5/bin/instmodsh for both root and webservd. To get to webservd I am using su - webservd.
Root can see all the installed modules. webservd can only see what appears to be the originally install perl modules.

The twiki configure module has the ability to show the @INC it believes it is working with. It seems to show the /usr/perl5/5.8.4/.. sub-directories.

I have tried chmod +R a+r /usr/perl5 to ensure that all the perl modules are world readable.

I still get Error: Can't find HTML::Parser.

Is there a way to help webservd see all the perl modules?

Thank you,
Peter

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Re: Root installed perl modules not see by webservd
by almut (Canon) on Mar 15, 2010 at 21:10 UTC
    I have tried chmod +R a+r /usr/perl5

    Try 

    chmod -R a+rX ...
            ^

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    Directories need to have the 'x' bit set for them to be traversable across a path...

    ('r' controls whether the directory contents can be listed, but this is only possible if the directories can be accessed at all, which is controlled by 'x').

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      almut,

      Many thanks, that worked!
      I often am held up by things I think should work... but do not.

      beer:30,
      Peter

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