On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Kevin McConnell wrote: > I'm getting problems with nss_db. There is an > undefined symbol causing me to be unable to login or > ssh into the rawhide machine. The symbol is > __set_errno and when I try to ssh into the machine or > login at the console I'm just having login reset > itself and print a reference to undefined symbol by > this name. the problem is from the file > /lib/libnss_db.so.2.0.0 which belongs to > nss_db-2.2-12.i386.rpm and was from April 3rd. Apps > must have just started to be compiled against this > library, because it only started happening recently > and there is a compat package for backports... > I'm no programmer, so I just ran `nm > /lib/libnss_db.so.2.0.0 | grep __set_errno' and sure > enough the symbol comes up with the big ole U in front > of it. Why it's undefined... I can't imagine, but > packages are being built against it. > Any help is greatly appreciated. For now, I've copied > an old lib back so I can login.... but I still need > this verified to either file it or search for it. > Bugzilla turned up squat for me, but then again, > bugzilla never really likes me. > TIA > -Kev Well, I've not noticed anything ... but I havn't upgraded everything yet. Do you actually need to use nss_db? I don't appear to be using it, as I've just got "hosts: files dns" and everything else just uses "files" in /etc/nsswitch.conf. If you actually have access to the machine could you boot in single-user mode and remove "db" from any lines in /etc/nsswitch that mention it? That should get you past the login problem unless you actually *need* "db" to work. The symbol will almost certainly show up as "undefined" in the actual library, by the way; the problem is more likely to be that the symbol is unresolved after all the usual libraries have been loaded. I don't actually know whether the symbol should be defined in the library, so I may be talking complete tosh here though.
