Re: JDK

[Manuel Fernandes <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All

Has anybody had any problems running JDK-1.1.3 under linux? I have been
trying run compile a java program but everytime I use the javac program to 
compile the script it crashes. jdb and java crash too.

It would seem that the program is looking for the library
libnss_nisplus.so.1 which does not exist on my system. I am running
redhat4.8 with linux kernel 2.0.30. Where do I get it? I know that I can
get the libnss.so and related libraries but this one?

Also what exactly does ld.so.preload do? Java needs it also and again I
don't have it. Is it the same thing as ld.so i.e. a dynamic linker and can
I perhaps create a link to ld.so with the name ld.so.preload?

What kind of problems other than this one have people had?

Next if you use the program "strace" you will find that the javac program
(the java compiler) accesses the /etc/passwd file on your system and
extracts the root line out. I was running the compiler as a user. Does
anybody know why?

Thanks
ciao
Manuel