Perl script and unix users

Hi, I have a perl script that connects to a regular users account, using DBI/DBD::Oracle. It works fine is the UNIX user is in the oinstall group, but if its in oracle, dba or neither it gives me the following error:
DBI connect('orcl','xxxxxxx',...) failed: ORA-24327: need explicit attach before authenticating a user (DBD ERROR: OCISessionBegin) at /terida/opt/smarthost/updatedatabases.pl line 15
I'm guessing here that Perl DBD::Oracle needs access to a specific file in the oracle installation perhaps ? I'm also gonna wager that letting it live in the oinstall group is not recommended..
Tips?
Thanks

For people running into ORA-24327 errors with DBD::Oracle: the underlying cause is often a missing hostname, but the ORA-24327 error message is misleading. I've submitted a patch for DBD::Oracle to trap and report errors like this in OCIServerAttach, which will hopefully make it into the 1.29 release.
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68958
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