PATH used by www user

[Andy Smith]

Hi Frank,

   thanks for your responce, the PATH isn't set within the perl script  
with ENV (and the script is identical on both systems). I've already  
asked the question on the perl mailing list and came to the conclusion  
the difference was something at the UNIX level on FreeBSD. There are  
various ways I can easily work around it, but it just seemed so basic  
I wanted to know how it was being set :S

thanks, Andy.

Quoting Frank Shute <frank at shute.org.uk>:

>
> User www doesn't have a shell, profile & hence PATH.
>
> I don't know how your path is being set but it depends on perl & how
> your script looks.
>
> Look at Env(3) & the other perldocs.
>
> If you want to do it quick, call traceroute with the path in your
> scripts e.g:
>
> system "/usr/sbin/traceroute $some_host";
>
> There's probably a perl module with a "traceroute" in it but I'm
> afraid I don't know it offhand.


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