Is the webserver accessible from outside your network? Did you apply all
the usual updates? (RH 6.2 is vulnerable to some very well known
trojans)
Paul's right in saying that RH6.2 is a glibc system, but I think you can
install "compatibility" libraries for libc5 stuff. Netscape probably
depends on it for one.
<speculation>
Either that, or your system has been hit by a trojan that tried to
install a libc5 executable in inittab perhaps or somewhere deep in the
system.. Download a boot disk (The ILUG BBC is excellent, search for
"ILUG BBC" for download locations on http://www.linux.ie/) and examine
your system through that.
</speculation>
It could have something to do with a runaway process chewing memory. Is
the disk trashing? Is there swap installed?
Donncha.
Ruairi Roddy wrote:
>> Morning folks,
>> Came in to a suss server (httpd down, barely a pulse), an 'unable to locate
> libc.so.5' message when I tried to do a ps, and NFS hanging on reboot on a
> RH6.2 system.
>> How do i get libc.so.5 back in there, is doing so likely to cause any
> damage, and are the three problems related?
>
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