socksify fails to run

This bug still exists in Oneiric / 11.10

....$ socksify rdesktop -g workarea -x m -D ....
ERROR: ld.so: object '/lib/libdl.so.2' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

socksify is in the client package, not in the server package.

Hrrmm.. apport-collect complains I don't have dante installed when I attempt to update my system details on this bug, as I don't have dante installed, just dante-client.. When I try to change the bug to the dante-client package however, it tells me it's a binary package and it's going to log it against the source package.

Is this a bug in apport-collect?

Logged separate bug #886586 about apport

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

bug #890887 seems to be a duplicate

With the attached patch (on x86_64), socksify does not complain any more about the missing library.

Please ignore the "set -x" in the patch. I added it only for debugging.

The patch quietens socksify's "ERROR: ld.so: ..." message.

But it does not finally fix the problem for me:
At least on 11.10, socksify still does not work:

output of "socksify bash" with "set -x" in socksify:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$ socksify bash
+ SOCKSIFY_PRELOAD_LIBS=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
+ LIBDIR=/usr/lib
+ LIBRARY=/usr/lib/libdsocksd.so.0
+ PRELOAD_SEPERATOR=
+ PRELOAD_POSTFIX=
+ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdsocksd.so.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
+ export LD_PRELOAD
+ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib
+ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ exec bash
$ echo $?
1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This also seems to be a duplicate -- at partially -- of what is described in bug #767085.

As described in that bug report, placing a symlink fixes "socksify" for me:

$ sudo ln -s libc-2.13.so /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so

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I've just done a clean install of 12.04 LTS 64 bit (3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) and am also seeing this problem.

Substituting /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 for /lib/libdl.so.2 (e.g. by symlinking, or by modifying /usr/bin/socksify as per Michael Adam's patch above) does not solve the problem and instead results in socksify silently exiting without appearing to do anything.

Appears to be fixed by symlinking libc.so.6 to libc.so (as well as patching /usr/bin/socksify to use /lib/x86+64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2)

$ cd /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
$ ln -s libc.so.6 libc.so

Bug #905449 links to a PPA with builds of Dante 1.3.2. These packages (dante-client and libsocksd0) worked for me on Quantal:

https://launchpad.net/~tmus/+archive/stable

Since Dante 1.1.19 (released in Jan 2006) is obsolete anyway - is there a way to get these updates pushed back into the Debian/Ubuntu repositories?

debdiffs containing the fix for this bug has been uploaded to the following bug :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dante/+bug/816153

Maybe this bug should be made a duplicate of 816153 as this is the one that will carry the fix for both

Marking this bug duplicate of LP: #816153 since fix for this bug are included in the other bug which has been SRUed to Precise & Saucy

This bug was fixed in the package dante - 1.1.19.dfsg-3ubuntu9

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dante (1.1.19.dfsg-3ubuntu9) saucy; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/03-configure.patch
    - Revert hardcoded libdl.so path
  * debian/patches/15-fixlibc-search.patch
    - Fix dante-server using the wrong libc.so (LP: #816153)
      by changing the search patch for the libc.so
  * debian/patches/16-fix-dlopen.patch
    - Fix socksify fails to run (LP: #857598)
      by adding search logic to locate the proper libdl.so
 -- Louis Bouchard <email address hidden> Wed, 12 Jul 2013 14:39:18 +0200

Hello ADFH, or anyone else affected,

Accepted dante into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dante/1.1.19.dfsg-3ubuntu6.12.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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This bug was fixed in the package dante - 1.1.19.dfsg-3ubuntu6.12.04.1

---------------
dante (1.1.19.dfsg-3ubuntu6.12.04.1) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/03-configure.patch
    - Revert hardcoded libdl.so path
  * debian/patches/15-fixlibc-search.patch
    - Fix dante-server using the wrong libc.so (LP: #816153)
      by changing the search patch for the libc.so
  * debian/patches/16-fix-dlopen.patch
    - Fix socksify fails to run (LP: #857598)
      by adding search logic to locate the proper libdl.so
 -- Louis Bouchard <email address hidden> Wed, 12 Jul 2013 14:39:18 +0200