topic Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library: in Operating System - HP-UX

/usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

Sivaji — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:06:22 GMT

I received the following error when trying to execute a Pro*C program on HP-UX 11.0.

/usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library: /opt/dev6i/lib//libclntsh.sl.1.0
/usr/lib/dld.sl: No such file or directory

This program is compiled on another machine which is also running on HP-UX 11.0.
The difference between these machines is ORACLE_HOME path.
The ORACLE_HOME is /opt/oracle/product/dev6i where I am executing the program.
The ORACLE_HOME is /opt/dev6i where the program is compiled.

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

harry d brown jr — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:12:27 GMT

Set SHLIB_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH

live free or die
harry

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

Pete Randall — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:14:04 GMT

Welcome back, Harry. Vacation?

Pete

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

harry d brown jr — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:16:10 GMT

Pete,

A couple of days off, plus a lot of work finishing up a white paper.

live free or die
harry

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

Sivaji — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:44:20 GMT

I have set the path as below in both the servers, but still getting same error.
export SHLIB_PATH=/opt/oracle/product/dev6i
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/product/dev6i

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

H.Merijn Brand (procura — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 13:00:45 GMT

Wrong:

export SHLIB_PATH=/opt/oracle/product/dev6i/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/product/dev6i/lib

And check if you've got the correct access rights

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

Sivaji — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 13:33:08 GMT

Same error.
The files have below access rights
rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle dba

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

Ryan Kogelheide — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 13:56:44 GMT

Sorry if it's a dumb remark, but shouldn't

/opt/dev6i/lib//libclntsh.sl.1.0

read:

/opt/dev6i/lib/libclntsh.sl.1.0

?

or does dld do this all the time?

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

H.Merijn Brand (procura — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 13:58:23 GMT

Does "/opt/dev6i/lib/" exist? Or did you expect it to be the same as "/opt/oracle/product/dev6i/lib"?

Otherwise try this:

# cd /opt
# ln -s oracle/product/dev6i dev6i

Should help

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

H.Merijn Brand (procura — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:00:05 GMT

Ryan, no, that's a problem caused by Oracle's way of linking, and does not harm.

Unix (HP-UX) ignores multiple consequetive slashes

# cd ////////////////////tmp

is identical to

# cd /tmp

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

Markus Bonet — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:43:35 GMT

Hi!

I had a similar problem.
The 2 '/' won't be a problem, though it looks awful.

Try 'ldd' on that lib.
It will tell you if there are any dependencies to that lib.
In my case there was a right missing on a lib in Oracle->libs. Beware to use the same user as the one with wich the error occurs when running 'ldd'.

Tell me if it helped, Markus

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

Duncan Edmonstone — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 20:01:09 GMT

Sivaji,

Unless you are very careful when compiling/linking code on HPUX, the shared library path search doesn't get enabled (i.e. SHLIB_PATH gets ignored). There's a good reason for this - security - you don't want someone replacing you shared library with a trojan horse!

The good news is you can change this beahviour without having to rebuild the executable, using the chatr command.

First check whether SHLIB_PATH is being used:

chatr

ANd llok near the top of the output - there will be a line whcih tells you whether the SHLIB_PATH searching is enabled or not.

If its not, to change it run:

chatr +s enable

Then set your SHLIB_PATH, export it, and all should be well.

HTH

Duncan

Re: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library:

Brian Crabtree — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:47:34 GMT

One thing to try is to regenerate your libclntsh file.

You should be able to do this by setting your enviroment, and then going to $ORACLE_HOME/bin. There should be a genclntsh file there. The database (if this is an RDBMS server) will need to be down. You can relink it. After that, make sure that your enviroment is set correctly, with the SHLIB_PATH set, and see if that works.

Brian