execvp

[Alec H. Peterson]

execvp() is not a program, it is a library call.  What is happening is 
execvp() is failing because it can't find the file it is supposed to exec.

Alec

--On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 15:44 -0500 guildencrantz at mindless.com 
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I recently moved my lovely Cyrus server (on a RedHat 9 box) across the
> country (Boston, MA to Boulder, CO) and now, somehow, I appear to be
> missing execvp.
>
> When trying to connect to the imapd server I get the message that
> saslauthd was unable to connect.  Fine.  When I try to launch the
> saslauthd sever I get this:
>
> [root at ophelia log]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/saslauthd start
> Starting saslauthd: execvp: No such file or directory [FAILED]
>
> A quick locate for execvp turns up:
>
> [root at ophelia init.d]# locate execvp
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/POSIX/execvp.al
> /usr/share/man/man3/execvp.3.gz
>
> So, it appears that the execvp program is missing.  I tried to find this
> file on the net, but have been unsuccessful.  Is this part of a package
> that I can download, or is there any suggestion for where I can find this
> file.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ~~Guildencrantz
>
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