Your apache server would run as www user. Where as you have saved your project in /root with root as the owner. To do this properly, do not save your django project in /root. Have it somewhere like /var/www and make "www" as the owner. Also fix execute permissions.
chmod -R 700 <dir> should do. Or try 744 On Aug 1, 11:36 am, Ankur Gupta <verses...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello folks, > > I have facing the same problem mentioned in the stackoverflow question > here (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/962533/django-modpython-error-impo... > ). The solution doesn't seem to work > > Problem description The app runs fine using django internal server > however when I use apache + mod_python I get the below error > > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/conf/init.py", > line 75, in init raise ImportError, "Could not import settings > '%s' (Is it on sys.path? Does it have syntax errors?): %s" % > (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e) > > ImportError: Could not import settings 'settings' (Is it on sys.path? > Does it have syntax errors?): No module named settings > > Here is the needed information > > 1) Project directory: /root/djangoprojects/mysite > > 2) directory listing of /root/djangoprojects/mysite ls -ltr total 28 - > rw-r--r-- 1 root root 546 Aug 1 08:34 manage.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > 0 Aug 1 08:34 init.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136 Aug 1 08:35 init.pyc - > rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2773 Aug 1 08:39 settings.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root > root 1660 Aug 1 08:53 settings.pyc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 1 > 09:04 polls -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 581 Aug 1 10:06 urls.py -rw-r--r-- > 1 root root 314 Aug 1 10:07 urls.pyc > > 3) App directory : /root/djangoprojects/mysite/polls > > 4) directory listing of /root/djangoprojects/mysite/polls ls -ltr > total 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 514 Aug 1 08:53 tests.py -rw-r--r-- 1 > root root 57 Aug 1 08:53 models.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 1 > 08:53 init.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Aug 1 09:02 views.py -rw-r-- > r-- 1 root root 375 Aug 1 09:04 views.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 > Aug 1 09:04 init.pyc > > 5) Anywhere in the filesystem running import django in python > interpreter works fine > > 6) content of httpd.conf > > SetHandler python-program PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython > SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE settings PythonOption django.root / > mysite PythonPath "['/root/djangoprojects/', '/root/djangoprojects/ > mysite','/root/djangoprojects/mysite/polls', '/var/www'] + sys.path" > PythonDebug On > > 7) PYTHONPATH variable is set to > > echo $PYTHONPATH /root/djangoprojects/mysite > > 8) DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is set to echo $DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE > mysite.settings > > 9) content of sys.path is > > import sys > > sys.path ['', '/root/djangoprojects/mysite', '/usr/lib/ > python2.6', '/usr/lib/python2.6/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.6/lib- > tk', '/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload', '/ > usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist- > packages'] > > How do I add settings location to sys.path such that it persistent > across sessions ? > > I have read umpteen no of post with people having the same issue it > and I have tried a lot completely beats me as to what I need to do. > > Looking for some help. > > Thanks in advance Ankur Gupta --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
