wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32 when trying to run ps as particular user

UNIX Solaris
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I get the following error when running /usr/bin/ps on Solaris 10 as a particular non-privileged user:

ld.so.1: ps: fatal: /usr/dt/lib/libXm.so.3: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32
Killed

However I can run /usr/bin/ps successfuly as root or as any other non-privileged user. What could it be about this user that's causing this? Their environment doesn't look that different.

2

first check with ldd ld.so.1

provide the output of bellow info

file ldd ld.so.1
and
file /usr/dt/lib/libXm.so.3

As per my understanding this is due to the fact that you are pointing
to a 32 bit shared object.

And check that user's LD_LIBRARY_PATH path is correct

3

Also the output from:

$ type ps

and

$ whereis ps

as the troublesome user.

4

Here's the requested info, note that the blank LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the same as for root and the users for who ps works:

-bash-3.00$ file ldd ld.so.1
ldd:            cannot open: No such file or directory
ld.so.1:        cannot open: No such file or directory

-bash-3.00$ file /usr/dt/lib/libXm.so.3
/usr/dt/lib/libXm.so.3: ELF 32-bit LSB dynamic lib 80386 Version 1, dynamicallylinked, not stripped, no debugging information available

-bash-3.00$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

-bash-3.00$

-bash-3.00$ uname -a
SunOS localhost 5.10 Generic_138889-08 i86pc i386 i86pc

-bash-3.00$ type ps
ps is /usr/bin/ps
-bash-3.00$ whereis ps
-bash: whereis: command not found
-bash-3.00$ which ps
/usr/bin/ps
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file ldd ld.so.1 (sorry its a typing mistake)

file ld.so.1 (whats the out put ?)

-----Post Update-----

now if you check the other users(where ps is not giving any error) env

$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

you will get the correct path.

So add this env variable

 $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

to your users profile. That will solve your problem.

-----Post Update-----

now if you check the other users(where ps is not giving any error) env $LD_LIBRARY_PATH you will get the correct path.

So add this env variable $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to your users profile. That will solve your problem.

6

Ok I've solved it now, the user's .bash_profile had this in it:

LD_PRELOAD="/usr/dt/lib/libXm.so.3"
export LD_PRELOAD

Commenting that out fixed it