Scott Swartzell writes:
>
> Good morning all,
>
> I've installed perl5.004_01 on a system, and I'm having
> problems with security.  As SM, no problem.  As the end
> user, no go.  I can't even check the version:

5.004_01 is kind of old.  Latest & greatest Perl/iX is 5.005_03:

        http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/perlix.html

> PALEALE#perl.pub.perl -v
> Access to this file is denied for the specified file access; a security
> violation occurred.  (FILE OPEN ERROR -248)
> File System message 248
> HPFOPEN failed. (LDRERR 56)
> Native mode loader message 56
> Unable to load program to be run. (CIERR 625)
>
> I've looked at user capabilities, and the only thing that
> makes this run on this system is adding SM.  I tried removing
> the ACDs from perl.pub.perl, same error.  I've looked at the
> file permissions in the shell, and they look the same as they
> do on a system where this is working.
>
> I've even stored /PERL/ on the system where perl is running
> correctly, restoring to my test system.  I still get the same
> access errors.
>
> I'm sure I've overlooked something simple, but I'm out of ideas
> for now.  FYI, the system is 5.5 w/ PP6 and some additional
> patches.  It's a 928rx.

Most likely non-SM users lack access to the libaries in Perl's XL list within
/lib/*.sl and /usr/lib/*.sl.  Check the POSIX permissions on both the files
*and* the directories.  Chmod 755 is appropriate for the directories and the
*.sl files.
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