Diez B. Roggisch wrote: >> Is it possible the module was installed with priviledges set too >> strict? Perhaps the interpreter cannot see the module when it is run >> from a normal user account. > > Possible - certainly. Yet unrealistic, because usually root access is > required to system-wide install a package - thus the normal install > processes ensure proper rights.
According to the OP, it is root that *does* have access to MySQLdb and a normal user that does not. It is a very realistic possibility to install something as root to which normal users do not have access. Installation scripts that assume a particular umask during install, for example, are especial culprits. I have noticed this problem myself with python modules that include compiled C extensions, as MySQLdb does. However, in the case where the extension module itself has incorrect permissions, the error would point to a missing _mysql, rather than a missing MySQLdb. Jeffrey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
