Johnson, Tracy wrote:
> Someone asked me on their machine why only MANAGER.SYS could run Perl.
> Seems anyone else got a security violation (FOPEN errort -248.)
>
> I do not have this problem so we compared file permissions over the
> phone, file security, group security, account security, ACDs, libraries
> in the VERSION command (but not lib security).  There was only so much
> we could do for an hour...
>
> My guess it was something really simple we both had not thought of, so I
> directed him to e-mail Mark Bixby.
>
> I any case, does anyone else have a thought about it?

If you download and install Perl from
http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/, the permissions should be
set correctly to allow any user to run Perl.

It looks like you were fairly comprehensive during your phone coversation, but
you do need to verify file/directory permissions for all PERL.PUB.PERL
libraries listed by VERSION.
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