On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Richard Chen wrote: > It worked like a charm! If PerlSetEnv could not do it, I think > this should be documented in the guide. I could not find any mention done. thanks for the tip! > about ldconfig in the modperl guide. May be I missed it somehow. > > The procedure on linux is very simple: > # echo $ORACLE_HOME/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf > # ldconfig > > Thanks > > Richard > > On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 08:11:50PM -0700, Yann Ramin wrote: > > As far as FreeBSD goes, LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not searched for setuid > > programs (aka, Apache). This isn't a problem for CGIs since they don't > > do a setuid (and are forked off), but Apache does, and mod_perl is in > > Apache. I think thats right anyway :) > > > > You could solve this globaly by running ldconfig (I assume Linux has it, > > FreeBSD does). You'd be looking for: > > > > ldconfig -m <your directory here> > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Yann > > > > Richard Chen wrote: > > > > > > This is a redhat linux 6.2 box with perl 5.005_03, Apache 1.3.12, > > > mod_perl 1.24, DBD::Oracle 1.06, DBI 1.14 and oracle 8.1.6. > > > For some odd reason, in order to use DBI, I have to set > > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH first. I don't think I needed to do this when I > > > used oracle 7. This is fine on the command line because > > > I can set it in the shell environment. For cgi scripts, > > > the problem is also solved by using apache SetEnv directive. However, > > > this trick does not work under modperl. I had tried PerlSetEnv > > > to no avail. The message is the same as if the LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set: > > > > > > install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load > > > '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so' for module >DBD::Oracle: > > > libclntsh.so.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at > > > /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 169. at (eval 27) line 3 >Perhaps a required shared > > > library or dll isn't installed where expected at /usr/local/apache/perl/tmp.pl >line 11 > > > > > > Here is the section defining LD_LIBRARY_PATH under Apache::Registry: > > > > > > PerlModule Apache::Registry > > > Alias /perl/ /usr/local/apache/perl/ > > > <Location /perl> > > > PerlSetEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.6/lib > > > SetHandler perl-script > > > PerlHandler Apache::Registry > > > Options ExecCGI > > > PerlSendHeader On > > > allow from all > > > </Location> > > > > > > Does anyone know why PerlSetEnv does not work in this case? > > > How come SetEnv works for cgi scripts? What is the work around? > > > > > > Thanks for any info. > > > > > > Richard > > > > -- > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Yann Ramin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Atrus Trivalie Productions www.redshift.com/~yramin > > Monterey High IT www.montereyhigh.com > > ICQ 46805627 > > AIM oddatrus > > Marina, CA > > > > IRM Developer Network Toaster Developer > > SNTS Developer KLevel Developer > > > > (yes, this .signature is way too big) > > > > "All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat." > > - The Logician > > > > THE STORY OF CREATION > > > > In the beginning there was data. The data was without form and null, > > and darkness was upon the face of the console; and the Spirit of IBM > > was moving over the face of the market. And DEC said, "Let there be > > registers"; and there were registers. And DEC saw that they carried; > > and DEC seperated the data from the instructions. DEC called the data > > Stack, and the instructions they called Code. And there was evening > > and there was a maorning, one interrupt... > > -- Rico Tudor > > > > William Safire's Rules for Writers: > > > > Remembe > _____________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH -- Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://apachetoday.com http://jazzvalley.com http://singlesheaven.com http://perlmonth.com perl.org apache.org
