[mod_python] Install mod_python without being root?

You can't install a module to your hosted server's apache instance, 
unless you have enough permissions to alter the httpd.conf for the 
server, and restart it.  (you'd also need write access to the modules 
directory, which you would probably have anyway, if you could edit 
httpd.conf)

If you were to try to run your own instance of apache, you'd have to use 
a port above 1024 (8080 is common)
and you would also have to make sure that it continues running after you 
logout (usually your background processes are terminated) you can use 
the nohup command for this.

of course this is all assuming you even have SSH or some kind of shell 
access....

Sean

Deron Meranda wrote:

>On 2/7/06, Fleming, Brian J. <Brian.Fleming at tellabs.com> wrote:
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>>I've succssfully compiled mod_python, but my unix admins are reluctant
>>to have it install anything into the official location of Python yet.
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>>Is there a way to install the required libs or whatever binaries are
>>needed for mod_python to an alternate location?  Or, at least be able to
>>identify what make install is doing?
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>This is a good question.  Here are some of my thoughts to get you
>started.  But if anyone knows how to do this for sure, this could be
>worth writing up in some FAQ.
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>There are actually two install issues.  Installing the Python parts
>(all the *.py files), and installing the Apache parts (the
>mod_python.so DSO module).  Both may require root/admin permissions
>normally.
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>You can easy install the python stuff to any other directory, and
>adjust your python path to look there when importing them.
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>The Apache module loading though can be much more complicated (the
>difficulty level is somewhat dependent upon the platform you're
>compiling under).
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>You may need to drive the "make install" phase manually to get it to
>install your module in a non-standard location.  Look at the APXS
>documentation, http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/apxs.html
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>And then you'll need to supply absolute paths to your LoadModule or
>LoadFile directives.
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>Also, it should go without saying.  If you install as non-root into
>non-standard locations, you'll need to run your own instance of the
>httpd process with your own custom httpd.conf.  This also means you're
>going to be restricted to using non-reserved ports (not on port 80).
>
>Note I've not actually tried this; I'd be interested to hear from people who do.
>--
>Deron Meranda
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