SELINUX is a bunch of settings to control security. If you are able to find it, I was suggesting you disable it only to see if the Apache problem goes away. Then to turn it back on. If it stops working, then there is a setting which is preventing Apache from being accessed. Locating the specific setting would be the next step. On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 11:55 -0800, Susan Cassidy wrote: > 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_stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Susan Cassidy > <susan.cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > > > > > > > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general