Hi,

I was trying to install new software into my redhat 7.2 and accidently
linked the bad library for the /lib/i686/libc.so.6.
Now, I cannot run any commands such rm, ls, ll, vi, ln,
etc...Here is the error when I try to issue a command
such as rm:
rm: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: version `GLIBC_PRIVATE' not
found (required by /lib/i686/libc.so.6)

The problem is /lib/i686/libc.so.6 is linked to
/lib/i686/libc-2.3.2.so which is not correct. I would
like to re-link /lib/i686/libc.so.6 back to its
original (/lib/i686/libc-2.2.4.so). How can I do this
since I cannot run a command such as rm and ln?

I have try using ldconfig, but no luck. Any idea?

Thanks,
Sengen

You could try setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to a location containing only the correct entries if you can. If not, then I suggest you restart the system with a rescue CD and fix the problem from there.

Would please be more specific on how to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
to a location containing only the correct entries?
Here is my current setup:

/lib/ld-linux.so.2 -> /lib/ld-2.2.4.so
/lib/i686/libc.so.6 -> /lib/i686/libc-2.3.2.so ( Bad link which cause the problem)

I would like remove /lib/i686/libc-2.3.2.so and re-link /lib/i686/libc.so.6 to
/lib/i686/libc-2.2.4.so

Since the regular commands rm, ln are not working, how can I do this using
LD_LIBRARY_PATH exactly? Sorry, I'm still new to Linux.

Thanks,
Sengen

If they are in the same directory then it won't really work. You would need to issue:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/path/to/lib"

It would probably be easier just to reboot and use a rescue cd.

RedHat 7.2???? Can you still get security updates for that?

Unfortunately, my copies of the red 7.2 CDs set got scatched and doesn't boot up. My system is currently down...any suggestion where can I get these CDs set? I don't mind paying for them.

My friend has the redhat 9 CDs...will this work? Too many important stuffs in my system, I don't want to risk anything. Please help!! Thanks in advance.

-Sengen

do you have your /home dir on a seperate partition?
If you do, you could install a more recent distro and just tell it not to format the /home partition.
You will need to go through your home dir though, and any other users on /home, removing out-dated config files.
There is also a chance that something like FC4 will pick up on the fact that it's a redhat distro, and do it as an upgrade, not a fresh install, which means that you get to keep all the data in your /home dir.
Seriously though, you need to upgrade quite severely. RH 7.2 uses a very old set-up , and you will find things have changed quite a lot.
But it also begs one important question:
What hardware are you using?
If it's an old Pentium one for example, it might struggle to run the newer distros as the graphical environments can be memory and CPU cycle hungry.
Hope this guided you in the right direction.

I managed to get my hand on the redhat 7.2 CDs set. Run the
linux rescue and fixed my error. Everything is back to normal now...
lession learn, never play around with the lib libraries unless you know exactly
what you're doing. Thanks for all your help...

-Sengen

I still think you ought to think about about doing a serious upgrade. Back up your vital data and get yourself a more recent distro. RH 7.2 is from 1999!