Re: No $r = no mod_perl?

Do you have a configuration similar to this in httpd.conf:



    <Directory /www/domain.com/authcookiedbi>
        AuthType Apache2::AuthCookieDBI
        AuthName WhatEver
        PerlAuthenHandler Apache2::AuthCookieDBI->authenticate
        PerlAuthzHandler Apache2::AuthCookieDBI->authorize
        require valid-user
        # or you can require users:
        require user jacob
        # You can optionally require groups.
        require group system
    </Directory>



On Jul 10, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Adam Prime <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/10/2011 6:08 AM, Tosh Cooey wrote:
>> So I'm following your advice and going the easy route of apt-get
>> everything.
>> 
>> My original server had this config:
>> Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.0 Server
>> 
>> And two years later we're at:
>> Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 Server
>> 
>> Is that really the state of two years of progress in apt-get packages,
>> or did I choose the wrong repository?
>> 
>> And so after copying over configs and startups I'm getting this error:
>> 
>> Can't call method "auth_name" on an undefined value at
>> /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Apache2/AuthCookieDBI.pm line 284.
>> 
>> Which is: my $auth_name = $r->auth_name;
>> 
>> So the fact that $r is undefined tells me that whatever is running is
>> NOT running under mod_perl, is this a valid assessment?
>> 
>> Because right now I will have to get into a fight with my sys-admin who
>> will say it's not working because I didn't configure something
>> correctly, but my position is if he apt-gets everything and then copies
>> over the config/startup from the old (working) install then everything
>> *should* work so he's probably left out something.
> 
> This does sounds like something in the config didn't get copied over.  I believe your stuff runs as registry/perlrun scripts, so that would be the configuration that's missing.
> 
> Adam
> 
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