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Re: lynx-dev Lynx error with metamail


From: Leonid Pauzner
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Lynx error with metamail
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 22:06:39 +0300 (MSK)

Hi!

8-Jan-2001 16:46 Qingning Huo wrote:
> I am trying to use lynx in a perl cgi script to format a HTML page.  Like 
> this:

>   open(LYNX, "/usr/bin/lynx -dump -nolist http://www.yahoo.com|")
>     or die "Unable to open lynx: $!";
>   # read <LYNX> here
>   close(LYNX) or die("Unable to close lynx: $?");

> But, I can't get anything from it.  The error message is

>   Unable to close lynx: 65280

> And, in apache error_log I found:

>   metamail: Can't open temporary file!

> Then, I thied the following:

> 1: run lynx from command line as normal user: ok.
> 2: run lynx from command line as nobody(apache user): failed, same message.
> 3: change the home of nobody to /tmp in /etc/passwd, then run lynx from 
> command line as nobody: succeed!
> 4: after 3, test the script from web browser: failed, same message. (I did 
> restart apache.)

> I don't know where to go then,  can anybody give a hint?

Run lynx with -trace flag and look into Lynx.trace file --
perhaps the temp path is not one you expect (apache could change TEMP
environment or so).
BTW, I am courious why lynx trying to open temp file in -dump mode?
it is in src/HTInit.c::PassesTest()

> I am using Apache/1.3.9, mod_perl/1.21, lynx 2.8.2rel.1, and metamail 2.7.

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