> -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Kobes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 05:31 PM > To: 'Bennett Haselton' > Cc: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com > Subject: Re: error in DynaLoader.pm loading DLL on (some) machines > > On Mon, 23 May 2005, Bennett Haselton wrote: > > > I have a Perl script installed on my XP Pro Sp2 machine > > with ActivePerl 5.8.3 build 809, that uses Net::SSLeay > > version 1.25 to download https URLs, and works fine. I > > also have the Web server OpenSA 2.0.2 which runs some CGI > > scripts that use Net::SSLeay to fetch content from > > third-party https sites and those work too. > > > > However, a friend of mine has installed the same script on > > his machine where he has the exact same version of Perl, > > the exact same version of OpenSA, and the exact same > > version of Net::SSLeay installed, and is seeing this odd > > behavior: > > > > 1) If he has this script: > > >>> > > #!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe > > > > eval { require Net::SSLeay } ; > > if ($@) > > { > > print "Yes: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"; > > } > > else > > { > > print "No.\n"; > > } > > >>> > > in a file named nph-test.cgi and runs it from the command line with the > > command "perl nph-test.cgi", it outputs "No." (That is, the "require > > Net::SSLeay" statement runs with no problem.) > > > > 2) BUT, if he loads the same script in a Web browser from the cgi-bin > > directory of OpenSA, it outputs: > > >>> > > Yes: Can't load 'C:/Perl/site/lib/auto/Net/SSLeay/SSLeay.dll' for > > module Net::SSLeay: load_file:The specified module could not be found > > at C:/Perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm line 229. > > at C:/OpenSA/Apache2/cgi-bin/nph-test.cgi line 3 > > Compilation failed in require at C:/OpenSA/Apache2/cgi-bin/nph-test.cgi > > line 3. > > >>> > > (Note, the file C:/Perl/site/lib/auto/Net/SSLeay/SSLeay.dll *does* exist on > > his machine.) > > > > 3) On my machine the script works fine (i.e. outputs "No", indicating no > > error loading Net::SSLeay) when run from the command line OR loaded via the > > Web server. > > > > Any idea why this error would happen only when the script is run through > > the Web server, and why it would happen only on one machine but not > > another? > > That error is probably slightly misleading - it can result > from Net::SSLeay not finding the ssl dlls (libeay32.dll > and/or ssleay32.dll). Try adjusting the PATH environment > variable to include the directory where these dlls live (eg, > Apache has a SetEnv directive for doing such things). You'll > also have to ensure that the permissions on the directories > where the dlls are located are such that the dlls are > loadable by the user that the web server is running as.
Randy, Thanks for the tips. The PATH environment variable on the machine actually does already include the c:\OpenSA\Apache2\bin directory containing libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll, but yes I wonder if it's something to do with Apache.exe running under a different user. It's running as the user SYSTEM. Is there a way that I can run the Perl script from the command line "as" the user SYSTEM, to see if it encounters the same error? I was going to have him do runas /user:SYSTEM perl nph-test.cgi However, if you do that, you get prompted for the password for the built-in SYSTEM account, which I believe is not normally accessible to the user. Is there any other way to run it as "SYSTEM"? -Bennett _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
