error while loading shared libraries: libpam.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Mark Haney]

Boot with rescue cd or reboot and add 1 to the kernel boot line to get 
into single mode. 

Then when you get in with root access run /sbin/ldconfig, that should 
fix that problem.

anthony baldwin wrote:
> 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
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tony
>
> http://www.baldwinlinguas.com
>


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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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