Re: FEDORA Core 1-> error while loading shared libraries: libbeecrypt.so.6: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied

From: Tommy Reynolds (TommyReynolds_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/31/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:15:24 -0600

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:41:41 -0800, carlos seramos wrote:

> I can't execute run the RHN applet, apt, or install an rpm on my
> system. Anytime I attempt to do so I get the following error:
>
> "error while loading shared libraries: libbeecrypt.so.6: cannot enable
> executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied"

Chances are this is due to the "exec-shield" patch being active:

        http://people.redhat.com/mingo/exec-shield/ANNOUNCE-exec-shield

You can try turning this off by:

         echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield

Cheers!