I don't actually know what SELinux is. What else will happen if I (find out how to) disable it?
Susan On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Bret Stern < bret_st...@machinemanagement.com> wrote: > Are you calling the perl from apache (assuming yes)..? Does the web > user have the rights to execute the perl code? > > Try disabling SELinux.. > You'll get it.. > > On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 09:35 -0800, Susan Cassidy wrote: > > I've already checked that. It is enabled. I am running Scientific > > Linux. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > Susan Cassidy <susan.cass...@decisionsciencescorp.com> writes: > > > $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=$dbname;host= > > ${dbserver};port=$dbport;", > > > $dbuser, $dbpasswd) or > > > errexit( "Unable to connect to dbname $dbname, err: > > $DBI::errstr"); > > > > > The exact same connection string works fine in a standalone > > perl program. > > > > Given the permissions errors you mentioned upthread, I'm > > wondering whether > > you're running on Red Hat/CentOS, and if so whether SELinux is > > preventing > > apache from connecting to unexpected port numbers. I seem to > > recall > > that there's a SELinux boolean specifically intended to allow > > or disallow > > database connections from webservers, but I couldn't tell you > > the name > > offhand. > > > > regards, tom lane > > > > > > >