stas 2004/10/19 17:02:55
Modified: src/docs/1.0/guide config.pod
Log:
One thing to be aware of is that when you start Apache under a shell
different than the one you are logged in from, the environment
variables could be totally different
Revision Changes Path
1.21 +16 -0 modperl-docs/src/docs/1.0/guide/config.pod
Index: config.pod
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RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl-docs/src/docs/1.0/guide/config.pod,v
retrieving revision 1.20
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diff -u -u -r1.20 -r1.21
--- config.pod 23 Jul 2004 07:11:39 -0000 1.20
+++ config.pod 20 Oct 2004 00:02:54 -0000 1.21
@@ -1158,6 +1158,19 @@
PerlPassEnv ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME
+One thing to be aware of is that when you start Apache under a shell
+different than the one you are logged in from, the environment
+variables could be totally different, so don't be surprised if you get
+a different value when using C<Passenv>/C<PerlPassEnv> or none at
+all. Check the environment Apache is started from. Often it's started
+from a special account like I<apache>, or I<nobody>, and can be
+anything else. Check the value of C<User> variable in I<httpd.conf> to
+find out the right answer. Once you figure that out, make sure that
+the shell Apache starts from has the desired environment variables
+right. And may be it's a better idea not to rely on the shell
+variables, but instead set those explicitly using
+C<Setenv>/C<PerlSetEnv>.
+
Regarding the setting of C<PerlPassEnv PERL5LIB> in I<httpd.conf>: if
you turn on taint checks (C<PerlTaintCheck On>), C<$ENV{PERL5LIB}>
will be ignored (unset). See the 'L<Switches -w,
@@ -1169,6 +1182,9 @@
possible, so those variables are available before then, e.g. in
C<PerlAuthenHandler> for C<$ENV{ORACLE_HOME}> (or another environment
variable that you need in these early request processing stages).
+
+
+
=head2 PerlSetVar and PerlAddVar
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