Installing two glibc alongside in debian/ubuntu
Is it possible to install and use two different glibc versions on the same machine. Where one version is only used to run legacy software, which relies on old glibc binaries?
glibc
What is the difference between i686 and x86_64 packages?
I have a machine with both glibc i686 and x86_64, and a very annoying problem with glibc.
Unexpected sort order in en_US.UTF-8 locale
While trying to answer this question about SQL sorting, I noticed a sort order I did not expect:
Why and how are some shared libraries runnable, as though they are executables?
On 32-bit Linux systems, invoking this
What would be the best way to work around this glibc problem?
I administer a Gentoo Hardened box that uses file capabilities to eliminate most of the need for setuid-root binaries (e.g. /bin/ping has CAP_NET_RAW, etc).
how to run new software without updating GLIBC?
I installed Mathematica 9 on an old Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 system.
After the installation, I tried to start Mathematica, but following message came out:
Ghost Vulnerability – CVE-2015-0235
Does the Ghost Vulnerability require access (as in being a logged in user) to the effected OS in question? Can someone clarify the ‘remote attacker that is able to make an application call’? I only seem to find tests to run on the local system directly but not from a remote host.