export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

#!/bin/bash
###########################################
# This may help using the vmware-server2  #
# on a CentOS 5.4 x86_64 Host.            #
# There is a problem with the the libc    #
# More informations:                      #
# <a href="http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3884" target="blank">http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3884</a> #
#-----------------------------------------#
# Version 0.1                             #
# This script will get the 'old' libc     #
# from the CentOS 5.3 repositories and    #
# configures vmware-server2 to use this   #
# The original libc (for the 5.4-system)  #
# will not be replaced or touched.        #
#-----------------------------------------#
# License: Do with the code whatever you  #
# want. This came without any warrenty.   #
###########################################
 
LIBC_DIR="/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6"
TEMP_DIR="/tmp/vmw_glibc"
VMWARE_CONFIGFILE="/usr/sbin/vmware-hostd"
VMWARE_CONFIGFILE_BAK=$VMWARE_CONFIGFILE.bak
 
# Checking for root
if <span class="keys"> $EUID -ne 0 </span>; then
    echo "This script must be run as root"
    exit 1
fi
 
# We test for the commands  we need:
echo "Looking for some commands I need..."
which wget
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "I can't find wget but need it to download the files. Please install."
fi
which rpm2cpio
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "I can't find rpm2cpio but need it to extract Files from a .rpm-file. Please install."
fi
 
# Creating a directory for the 'old' glibc
mkdir -p $LIBC_DIR
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "Can't create directory $LIBC_DIR"
    exit 2
fi
 
# Removing and creating a temporary directory for the rpm,
# downloading it, extracting the old glibc and copy
# the them to our new directory
rm -rf $TEMP_DIR
mkdir -p $TEMP_DIR
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "Can't create directory $TEMP_DIR"
    exit 2
fi
cd $TEMP_DIR
wget <a href="http://vault.centos.org/5.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/glibc-2.5-34.x86_64.rpm" target="blank">http://vault.centos.org/5.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/glibc-2.5-34.x86_64.rpm</a>
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "Something was wrong while downloading"
    exit 2
fi
rpm2cpio glibc-2.5-34.x86_64.rpm | cpio -ivd
mv lib64/libc-2.5.so $LIBC_DIR/libc.so.6
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "Can't move the libc into directory $LIBC_DIR"
    echo "Removing temporary files..."
    echo -rf $TEMP_DIR
    exit 2
fi
echo "The file libc-2.5.so from the centOS 5.3 rep. was saved in: $LIBC_DIR as libc.so.6"
 
echo "Removing temporary files..."
rm -rf $TEMP_DIR
 
# Now we editing the start-config of the vmware-server
echo "I must change $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE now, you will find a backup in $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE_BAK"
mv $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE_BAK
cat $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE_BAK | grep -v 'eval exec "$DEBUG_CMD" "$binary" "$@"' > $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE
echo export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBC_DIR/libc.so.6:'$LD_LIBRARY_PATH' >> $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE
echo '' >> $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE
echo 'eval exec "$DEBUG_CMD" "$binary" "$@"' >> $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE
 
# Ensuring the script is executable
chmod 555 $VMWARE_CONFIGFILE
 
echo "Everything is done, please restart your vmware-server2"

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6/libc.so.6:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH