Hello All, I would appreciate expert advice about getting PYTHONPATH to work with Apache and mod_python for django. When I shell into the server I can get all modules to load without error (as root). This includes django, custom modules (people) and my projects (mysite).
BASH snippet: ---------------------- [root]# python Python 2.4.3 (#1, Dec 11 2006, 11:38:52) [GCC 4.1.1 20061130 (Red Hat 4.1.1-43)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import django >>> import people >>> import mysite >>> ---------------------- No errors. But, when I try to load the test site through a browser I get the following error: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/mysite/ error: ----------------------- Mod_python error: "PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython" Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 287, in HandlerDispatch log=debug) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 461, in import_module f, p, d = imp.find_module(parts[i], path) ImportError: No module named django ----------------------- I've read as much as I can find here in http://groups.google.com/group/django-users , at http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/ , at http://www.djangobook.com/ , and on Google. I'll break the issue down further. ----------------------- SYSTEM INFO: ----------------------- OS = { Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RHEL 5 | RHEL5 } Python 2.4.3 (#1, Dec 11 2006, 11:38:52) Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server mod_python.version '3.2.8' Django VERSION = (0, 97, 'pre') ----------------------- FILE SYSTEM: ----------------------- /var/www/html/ (Curr Web Dir) /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ (Python packages/modules dir) /Working/django/django (Django source) /Working/django/django/__init__.py (file exists) /Working/projects/ (my main project folder) /Working/projects/mysite ('mysite' project folder) /Working/modules/ (apps folder) /Working/modules/people/ (Basic People django app folder) ----------------------- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ----------------------- While logged in as root via ssh/bash /etc/profile.d/pythonpath.sh is included by /etc/profile and loads by default for any user. See the contents below, which defines and exports $PYTHONPATH and appends my django 'bin' to $PATH. [root]# cat /etc/profile.d/pythonpath.sh export PYTHONPATH=/Working/django:/Working/modules:/Working/projects export PATH=/Working/django/django/bin/:$PATH [root]# echo $PYTHONPATH /Working/django:/Working/modules:/Working/projects ----------------------- NOW THE INTERESTING PART... I created a sym link... [root]# ln -s /Working/django/ /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django That didn't fix it, so I cleared that one out and tried straight to the django folder. [root]# rm -f /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django [root]# ln -s /Working/django/django/ /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ django When listing the two directories /Working/django/django and /usr/lib/ python2.4/site-packages/django they are identical. --------------- [root]# ls /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 14 14:24 /usr/lib/python2.4/site- packages/django -> /Working/django/django/ [root]# ls /Working/django/django/ /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ django/ /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/: total 168K drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 ./ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:27 ../ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 bin/ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 conf/ drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 contrib/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 core/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 db/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 dispatch/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 forms/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 http/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 Jan 14 11:02 __init__.py drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 middleware/ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 newforms/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 oldforms/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 shortcuts/ drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 .svn/ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 template/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 templatetags/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 test/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 utils/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 views/ /Working/django/django/: total 168K drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 ./ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:27 ../ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 bin/ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 conf/ drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 contrib/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 core/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 db/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 dispatch/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 forms/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 http/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 Jan 14 11:02 __init__.py drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 middleware/ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 newforms/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 oldforms/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 shortcuts/ drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 .svn/ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 template/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 templatetags/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 test/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 utils/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jan 14 11:02 views/ --------------- That didn't fix it either. So I placed the django code straight into the Python Packages directory. [root]# rm -f /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django [root]# cp -f /Working/django/django /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ That worked. It could find django but died at the first module/ project. So I copied the modules (people, etc.) and project (mysite) to the Python Packages directory. [root]# cp -f /Working/modules/* /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ [root]# cp -f /Working/projects/mysite /usr/lib/python2.4/site- packages/ With all of my modules huddled (scared and alone) in my Python Packages folder... BOOM! "WELCOME TO DJANGO". It worked. I can't see this being the intended requirement. I would like to be able to go back ---------- Is it a permissions issue? Note that when moving django to the Python Packages dir I didn't change the permissions. All django core files were permissioned and owned the same as when sym linked to from the same directory. Here are my permissions: drwxr-xr-x root root /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ drwxr-xr-x root root /var/www/html/ drwxr-xr-x root root /Working/django/django/ drwxr-xr-x root root /Working/modules/ drwxr-xr-x root root /Working/projects/ At one point as a bold attempt against a permissions problem I chmod'd all file to 777 and back, and chown'd all files to root, apache, nobody, mysite then back to root. Is it an Apache lack of having PYTHONPATH correct? To test that, can I output the $PYTHONPATH to the browser before or as part of the error output to my browser? (I can't 'su apache' to test the environment) --------- <Location "/mysite/"> SetHandler python-program PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython PythonPath "['/Working/django/django','/Working/django','/Working/ modules','/Working/projects','/Working/projects/mysite'] + sys.path" SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings PythonDebug On </Location> --------- Is there an Apache or Python main config file that needs to be set a certain way to allow my PYTHONPATH to be accessed or exported for Apache. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFO, BUT... A ton of info here, I know, but I've spent so much time troubleshooting this I'm thinking one who can help may spot my problem easily with enough information available check against what I've tried. I've seen many posts with similar errors here in Google's Django user-group but none of the fixes seemed to help me get up and running. I thank anyone whose taken the time to analyse my situation. Djangians really are the best community! 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