Re: problem connecting to postgres via apache - Mailing list pgsql-general

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@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>         Susan Cassidy <susan.cassidy@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
>
>