10-07-2010
@jlliagre
This is verifiable fact.
Quote:
bash (but not ksh) has a character-by-character raw read feature (read -r -n1).
The O/P states that bash is still working. I picked up the bash "read" idea from the IBM website after googling the library filename (which we finally got accurately in post #15). Found a thread where they were responding to someone in a similar situation. Renaming this library is a technique to get certain software such as Apache running on AIX when a replacement library is installed further down the library search path. However you have to do things in precisely the right order or you are in a mess.
Unfortunately the promising thread petered out when that O/P rebooted the computer and an unrelated can of worms opened due to having two system discs at different releases of AIX with the wrong one as the default boot.
I picked on "ftp" and "rcp" as ideas because they were not on a list I found of dependencies for the high level library. This does not mean that it will work, but it is worth a try. Given access to the O/S we could find out what libraries each binary requires and look for a loophole.
On the permissions front we won't need execute permissions but we could need world read. Depends on what the default umask is in the first place.
Overall this would be much easier if you or I had a running copy of this AIX complete with the unusual addition of "bash".
I'd still be interested if there is someone out there who can write a binary file copy in "bash".
As you hinted in an earlier post, I too am surprised that this computer stayed running for any length of time.
There are still many options available almost all of which involve booting an alternative system to carry out a repair. Depends on local conditions and whether they have a full release kit and a fully documented system (it's a bit too late to do a hardware and software inventory).
Last edited by methyl; 10-07-2010 at 08:53 PM..
Reason: Removed my inane comment about making a binary copy executable. If shell does it we don't need an executable!
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NAME
surfraw-update-path - updates PATH in shell config files
SYNOPSIS
surfraw-update-path [-add] [-remove] [-check] [-sys] [-all] [-help] [-shell=SHELL]
DESCRIPTION
surfraw-update-path adds the surfraw elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your PATH in your shell's config file.
Currently it supports bash, sh, csh, tcsh, ash, dash, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es
Don't forget to login again or source your login files for it to take effect.
OPTIONS
-check
Checks to see if the surfraw config code is present. This is the default.
-add
Adds the surfraw config code.
-remove
Removes the surfraw config code
-sys
Updates the system-wide shell config instead of the user. Must be done as root.
-shell=SHELL
Selects the shell to configure. Defaults to the value of the $SHELL environment variable.
Currently supported shells are:
sh, ash, bash, dash, csh, tcsh, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es.
-all
Attempts to configure the startup files for all known shells
-help
Gives a usage message
RETURN VALUE
-check returns 0 if the surfraw code is present in the file, 1 if it is not found, or 2 on error.
All other options return 0 on success, or 2 on error.
ENVIRONMENT
SHELL
Used to determine which shell to configure, if -shell is not given.
HOME
Used to find users config files.
ENV Used by posix-compliant shells to specify a startup rc file.
ZDOTDIR
Used to find user config files for zsh. If not set, defaults to HOME.
SEE ALSO
surfraw(1), sh(1), ash(1), bash(1), dash(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), ksh(1), pdksh(1), zsh(1), rc(1), es(1)
AUTHOR
Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>
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