From: Richard Turner <richard@...>
Date: 2005-01-26T20:05:20+09:00
Subject: mod_ruby require LoadError

Hi,

I'm trying to require a file in a mod_ruby script I'm running and,
although I've eliminated the SecurityError that was being thrown by
untainting the string I've added to $:, now I see a LoadError instead.
Here's a snippet of the code:

def displaySections
    $:.unshift("/home/rjt/sara/trunk/src/client/".untaint)
    require 'soap/rpc/driver'
    require 'page'
    ...
end

The error, from Apache's log, is:

[Wed Jan 26 10:49:19 2005] [error]
mod_ruby: /home/rjt/sara/trunk/src/public_html/sections.rbx:33:in
`require': No such file to load -- page (LoadError)

The script works fine from the command-line unless I set $SAFE = 3 (i.e.
it still works with $SAFE = 1 and $SAFE = 2).

I am perplexed :(

Cheers,

Richard.
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