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Python/Apache Oddness On OSX

Diez B. Roggisch deets at nospam.web.de
Mon Oct 24 15:01:58 EDT 2005 
John Abel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Python 2.3.5/2.4.2 on OSX 10.4.2, and am trying to run CGI 
> scripts using the builtin Apache.  For ease, I've symlinked my custom 
> modules into the /Library/Python/2.3/site-packages directory, and they 
> import OK via command line python.  However, when I perform the import 
> from a cgi script, python fails to find the module.  It is definately 
> something to do with the symlink, as the CGI works OK if I copy the 
> directory into site-packages.  Is there some oddness with Python/Apache 
> and symlink imports?
> 
> Any pointers would be most useful.

Not sure if that is the case here, but I know that apache has some 
directives that are named FollowSymlinks and the like - might be that 
this affects your situation.

Regards,

Diez
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