Certain users can't start python

[Michael Ross]

Am 12.12.2011, 11:26 Uhr, schrieb David Demelier  
<demelier.david at gmail.com>:

> 2011/12/12 Michael Ross <gmx at ross.cx>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am ... stuck.
>>
>> I've been trying to setup mercurials web frontend with apache,
>> but apache won't start python.
>> Not as cgi-script, not with mod_python.
>>
>> Investigating, I found this not only to be a problem with apache.
>>
>> Situation now:
>> Users "michael" and "root" can run python.
>> All others can't:
>>
>>        Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
>>        Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
>>        Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
>>        ImportError: No module named site
>>
>>
>> For troubleshooting, I cloned "michael" to an new user "dummy",
>> i. e. I created the user, copied all .dotfiles from "michael" over,
>> adjusted permissions.
>> "dummy" can't start python either.
>>
>
> How did dou clone the account ? Does account has a full correct home
> path in /etc/passwd ?

Created with adduser, copied .cshrc .profile & the lot over.
Yes, it has a correct home dir.
I can ssh into it from another machine without trouble.




>
>> Changing accounts with su does not help:
>>        dummy$ su -l michael
>>        dummy$ su -m michael
>> *both* can run python,
>>
>>        michael$ su -l dummy
>>        michael$ su -m dummy
>> *both* can not run python.
>>
>> Setting PYTHONHOME does not help -- the libraries are found (probably,
>> the error messages disappear), the ImportError remains.
>>
>> It's been a couple of long days and maybe I'm missing something obvious?
>> Any input would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> 8.2 stable, python 2.7.2.
>> As for python, I tried reinstalling. No change.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Michael
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> cheers,