Hello,
I am using the bash shell 3.0b(1)

when i run $bash
i get the following error :
error while loading shared libraries : libreadline.so.5 : cannot open shared object file : Permission denied

Output of ldd /bin/bash was :
libreadline.so.5 => /usr/lib/libreadline.so.5 (0x40018000)
libhistory.so.5 => /usr/lib/libhistory.so.5 (0x40046000)
libncurses.so.5 => /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x4004e000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40091000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x40094000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4009d000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)

perms of /usr/lib/libreadline* = 777


Can anybody point the error ?

I am using my own build .

Regards,
PPY

Does readline reference something else you don't have permissions for?

Try ldd on /usr/lib/libreadline.so.5

try running from root, and go from there