Only root can log in to system (URGENT HELP!) 1

[cgswong]

Hi all,

Quite suddenly I am getting the following message for any user other than root logging into the system:

ld.so.1: internal: malloc failedKilled

The first part is actually in the man pages and is the runtime linker for dynamic objects (located in /usr/lib and /etc/lib). I assume this is some memory error.

How do I solve it so my users can log into the system again? Nothing changed, the problem just "surfaced" suddenly. Please help! Thanks in advance.

 

[rbobbitt]

Take a look at this link:

http://www.sunhelp.org/pipermail/sunhelp/2000-October/005938.html

Are you *sure* nothing changed? I've made the same statement myself in the past only to later say, "Hmmmm...well, nothing has changed except for..." ;-)

HTH,

Russ
bobbitts@hotmail.com

http://home.earthlink.net/~bobbitts

 

[jad]

if root can do something noone else can then there are incorrect permissions somewhere ...

log in as root and do an:

ls -l /usr/lib/ld.so.1

and tell us the answer

 

[cgswong]

Thanks guys. As it turned out the permissions and owner of the /dev directory was in fact incorrect (the link provided the solution). The junior SA was adding a printer to the system and must have accidentally changed the directory settings.

Thanks again, I hope I can return the favour sometime

- Stu