# Installling Perl Module DBI on Linux CentOS - Head exploding

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 17, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installling-perl-module-dbi-on-linux-centos-head-exploding/564502 "2010-12-17T13:43:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installling-perl-module-dbi-on-linux-centos-head-exploding/564502/41 "2010-12-18T07:16:55Z")

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I do have a cgi-bin directory and one of the first things I tried was running it from there. No go.

This is how this situation screws me…my “ISP” (godaddy) just tries to upsell me on support when I get stuck.

Seriously…I’m the server admin, no one else. The only thing they do is backups and “reprovisioning” - anything else they pretty much tell me they have no idea but they can sell me some support.

Pissed me off a lot at first, and if it becomes too big a nightmare I’ll have to switch again.

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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installling-perl-module-dbi-on-linux-centos-head-exploding/564502/42 "2010-12-18T09:47:23Z")

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To be honest, I think that your problem is not with Perl, but with your httpd.conf - the Apache configuration. You need to start looking into the httpd logs (probably in a subdir of /var/logs/ - this is implementation dependent) to see errors. Also /var/log/messages - the catchall log - may show permissions errors.

Si

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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installling-perl-module-dbi-on-linux-centos-head-exploding/564502/43 "2010-12-18T10:53:34Z")

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> [@si\_blakely](#):
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> To be honest, I think that your problem is not with Perl, but with your httpd.conf - the Apache configuration. You need to start looking into the httpd logs (probably in a subdir of /var/logs/ - this is implementation dependent) to see errors. Also /var/log/messages - the catchall log - may show permissions errors.
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> Si

Good old permissions.

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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installling-perl-module-dbi-on-linux-centos-head-exploding/564502/44 "2010-12-18T11:09:20Z")

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> [@Stoid](#):
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> Good old permissions.

It is not just file system permissions - Apache layers another level of authorization on top of the filesystem based on directories/filename/filetype/.htaccess file. Any of these could be your problem.

Si

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