error can''t find libpam.so.0 etc.

anthony baldwin anthonybaldwin at optonline.net
Tue Sep 19 18:23:29 UTC 2006


Rick Stevens wrote:

>On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 13:36 -0400, anthony baldwin wrote:
>  
>
>>Okay
>>
>>Since previously sending a message, I rebooted with rescue CD and tried 
>>to do /sbin/ldconfig
>>Not found.
>>So I did whereis ldconfig, answher $ ldconfig
>>So I did simply # ldconfig
>>and got: can''t do , ld.so.conf doesn''t exist
>>So I made a blank file called ld.so.conf and ran the command and nothing 
>>really happened (ld.so.conf remained blank).
>>I also made a softlink from /lib/libpam.so.0 (yes, it IS ther) to /usr/lib
>>Then I tried to reboot.
>>Can''t load file system, gives me a terminal, and then only gives me 
>>read access to the filesystem.
>>I''m writing this message without the previous, because, I am on a 
>>windows partition, and don''t have access to the previous messages.
>>I hate using windows....
>>
>>My first message contained the following:
>>Help! I can´t even get root to further diagnose or resolve this problem!
>>(FC5, this after doing a universal update with yumex)
>>
>>[tony at ool-45788232 ~]$ su
>>su: error while loading shared libraries: libpam.so.0: cannot open 
>>shared object file: No such file or directory
>>[tony at ool-45788232 ~]$ locate libpam.so.0
>>/lib/libpam.so.0
>>/lib/libpam.so.0.81.2
>>[tony at ool-45788232 ~]$ ln -s /lib/libpam.so.0 /usr/lib
>>ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/libpam.so.0' to `/lib/libpam.so.0': 
>>Permission denied
>>[tony at ool-45788232 ~]$ sudo ln -s /lib/libpam.so.0 /usr/lib
>>sudo: error while loading shared libraries: libpam.so.0: cannot open 
>>shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>>To which, someone replied that I should simply boot to rescue cd and do 
>>/sbin/ldconfig (outcome of which I described above).
>>
>>Please help...I can''t be stuck in this Windows Hell!
>>I must have my FC5 back!!  I have work to do...
>>    
>>
>
>Boot the rescue CD in rescue mode.  Let the system mount the original
>operating system.  Then:
>
>	# chroot /mnt/sysimage
>	# mount -a
>	# /sbin/ldconfig -v
>	# exit
>	# exit
>
>Pop out the CD and reboot the system.  That oughta do it.
>  
>

But there is no /sbin/ldconfig
That's what it told me when I tried to run it before.

tony


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