>you *really* should be installing your own stuff into /usr/local/
>how did you do the install?
(simply: perl Makefile.PL; make; make install ?)
*** No. It was a quick manual install.
As root:
1. cd /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
2. Create MIME directory
3. chmod 755 MIME
4. via ftp uploaded Base64.pm, and QuotedPrint.3pm
5. cd MIME
6. chmod 444 *.pm
I have been told to do it the way CPAN says (as you state above). So I
actually removed it and using WebMin Control panel (that I just installed
yesterday on my server), I downloaded the MIME modules from the Perl install
module package. It connects to CPAN and then installs it the way CPAN does.
This one installed the MIME module as per below:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Executing make install ..
Installing
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/auto/MIME/Base64/Base64.so
Installing
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/auto/MIME/Base64/Base64.bs
Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architecture
dependent library tree
Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/MIME/Base64.pm
Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/MIME/QuotedPrint.pm
Installing /usr/share/man/man3/MIME::Base64.3pm
Installing /usr/share/man/man3/MIME::QuotedPrint.3pm
Writing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/auto/MIME/Base64/.packlist
Appending installation info to /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/perllocal.pod
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Now here is what I get when I go to /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/
for both root, and a normal user account:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ROOT OUTPUT ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[root@ensim 5.6.0]# cd /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux
[root@ensim i386-linux]#
[root@ensim i386-linux]# ls -al
total 396
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Apr 17 13:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Apr 13 18:04 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:00 Apache
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 34089 Oct 10 2000 Apache.pm
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 17 13:01 auto
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:03 Bundle
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3277 Mar 4 2000 cgi_to_mod_perl.pod
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:01 Config
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:03 DBD
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:03 DBI
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 139173 Jun 15 2000 DBI.pm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:00 Digest
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4733 Aug 6 1999 Digest.pm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:03 Ensim
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:01 Filesys
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 13 18:04 HTML
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1159 Aug 6 1999 MD5.pm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 13:01 MIME
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2706 Mar 1 2000 mod_perl_cvs.pod
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 28 2001 mod_perl_hooks.pm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 43 Jul 19 1998 mod_perl_hooks.pm.PL
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4781 Mar 4 2000
mod_perl_method_handlers
.pod
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1098 May 17 2000 mod_perl.pm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 26982 Mar 6 2000 mod_perl.pod
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 11781 Mar 4 2000 mod_perl_traps.pod
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 17520 Mar 4 2000 mod_perl_tuning.pod
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:03 Mysql
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 23494 Aug 20 2000 Mysql.pm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 18124 Sep 28 1998 Pg.pm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 11710 Sep 1 2001 Quota.pm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1608 Mar 8 1999 SHA.pm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 02:03 Win32
[root@ensim i386-linux]#
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++USER OUTPUT +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
bash-2.04$ cd /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/
bash-2.04$ ls -al
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 4 07:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 4 07:15 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 4 07:15 Digest
-r--r--r-- 4 root root 4733 Dec 20 14:13 Digest.pm
-r--r--r-- 4 root root 1159 Dec 20 14:13 MD5.pm
-r--r--r-- 4 root root 1608 Dec 20 14:13 SHA.pm
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 4 07:15 auto
bash-2.04$
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
They are totally different, and also the dates of the same files
and directories are very different. No MIME can be seen for non-root.
I cannot work this one out. Are both accounts looking at different partitions
?
>what linux distribution?
Red Hat Linux 7.1
>i presume by "see" you mean "perl can find the modules" ?
No actually I meant when I go to the directory I can see the directories from
root, but not from non-root.
But from above it looks like both accounts are looking at different things
on the server.
>perl looks in @INC to find its modules. at startup, directories in the
>colon-separated (on unix) environment variable $PERL5LIB are added,
>plus any command line "-I" options.
>you might want to check that /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 is in the default
>perl @INC:
>perl -e 'print "$_\n" foreach @INC'
>check for root and non-root. then compare environment variables.
Root follows:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[root@ensim i386-linux]# perl -e 'print "$_\n" foreach @INC'
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
.
[root@ensim i386-linux]#
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Non-root follows:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
bash-2.04$ perl -e 'print "$_\n" foreach @INC'
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
.
bash-2.04$
--------------------------------------------------------------------
>if @INC is the same, and perl can load the modules when root but not
when non-root, then you have a file permission problem.
Well I checked. When I call the script from root, it does not complain.
But when I call it from the user account, I get this error
----------------------------------------------------------------
bash-2.04$ perl links.cgi
Can't locate MIME/Base64.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at links.cgi line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at links.cgi line 6.
bash-2.04$
------------------------------------------------------------------
Louis.
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