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- Subject: Re: tlug: /bin/bash
- From: Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 14:35:10 +0900 (JST)
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On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Craig Oda wrote: > On Tue, 1 Mar 1994, Rafael Coninck Teigao wrote: > > > -the error message for all this is: could not exec /bin/bash! > > But I've even tried to upgrade this file and the same error occurred, I > > really don't know what is going on! > > > This might be a libc incompatibility problem. If you do this, > niji:~$ ldd -v /bin/bash > > do you get this > > ldd: version 1.8.10 > libreadline.so.2.0 => /lib/libreadline.so.2.0 > libncurses.so.3.0 => /lib/libncurses.so.3.0 > libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 > > or is it linked to libc6? ..and hopefully you have ldd 1.9.5 or higher, regardless of which libc you have, otherwise you have a pretty bad security hole on your system (according to the folks at BUGTRAQ). ... TL 1.2 has ldd 1.9.5 and libc 5.4.38 - the packages are available for free by FTP from ftp.turbolinux.com if you need to upgrade. along with a working bash package :) Funny thing, though, when I do 'ldd -v /bin/bash' it says nothing about libncurses. > > You may not be able to upgrade bash as it may be required for upgrades. > For example, the upgrade script for debian requires a sh. > What I did was compile zsh from source with libc6, do a link from > /bin/sh to /usr/bin/zsh (it's linked to bash by default), then > do the upgrade of bash. > > The reason that you cannot login as root is that you probably > cannot login at all. I'm assuming that you are still logged into > your current session. if this is the case, you need to add /usr/bin/zsh > to your /etc/passwd file. > > Do not log out right now until you can fix the problem. Keep your > root console open. You will probably be locked out of your system > if you exit or do a reboot. > > If you're locked out, go in with the system disk and try to copy > a binary of a shell to somewhere and then execute that as your > shell at login. > > > > Regards, > Craig > > > > > > > --- > craig@example.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Next TLUG Nomikai: 11 March Wed 1998 Tengu TokyoEkiMae 19:30 > Chuo-ku, Kyobashi 1-1-6, EchiZenYa Bld. B1/B2 03-3275-3691 > Next TLUG Meeting: 11 April 1998 Saturday, Tokyo Station > Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code > --------------------------------------------------------------- > a word from the sponsor: > TWICS - Japan's First Public-Access Internet System > www.twics.com info@example.com Tel:03-3351-5977 Fax:03-3353-6096 > -------------------------------------------------- Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com> <sstone@example.com> Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. http://www.pht.com http://armadillo.pht.co.jp http://www.pht.co.jp http://www.turbolinux.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Next TLUG Nomikai: 11 March Wed 1998 Tengu TokyoEkiMae 19:30 Chuo-ku, Kyobashi 1-1-6, EchiZenYa Bld. B1/B2 03-3275-3691 Next TLUG Meeting: 11 April 1998 Saturday, Tokyo Station Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code --------------------------------------------------------------- a word from the sponsor: TWICS - Japan's First Public-Access Internet System www.twics.com info@example.com Tel:03-3351-5977 Fax:03-3353-6096
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