Unfortunately, I did install libsafe. What it is supposed to protect against is frame smashing attacks on your system that viruses can do. On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > Tell me, just what the hell is libsafe and what is it good for? Based > on Chuck's experience, I don't think I will be doin' libsafe any time soon:). > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 03:59:57PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > Hi Ari and all, > > > > I really blew it yesterday when I hastily deleted the residual > > libsafe pieces that the Slackware "removepkg" did not get rid of. > > It turns out that the damn thing had modified the linux dynamic > > loader to invoke libsafe every time it was executed, and without > > the libsafe component I threw away, the dynamic loader was > > broken. Try doing ANYTHING on a Linux system with a broken > > dynamic loader!!! > > > > Of course I made it worse in my panic and anger, and ended up > > having to reinstall my root partition with a new base system and > > then scrambling to get my /usr and /home partitions back on > > board. > > > > I guess it pays to be more cautious, but I was really on a roll > > with putting new stuff on this box and added libsafe hastily. > > > > I appreciate everybody's help with this. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > -- > > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (89% of Full) > > So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
