From: Tim Pease <tim.pease@...>
Date: 2008-07-04T13:01:36+09:00
Subject: Re: failed to map segment from shared object: Operation not permitted

On Jul 3, 2008, at 9:46 PM, Tristin Davis wrote:

> I'm writing a ruby wrapper for a proprietary api.  I compiled it,  
> but when I
> require it in irb i get the following error.  I'm stumped as to why  
> its
> throwing this error. Anyone help?
>
> irb(main):001:0> require 'metadata'
> LoadError: ./metadata.so: failed to map segment from shared object:
> Operation not permitted - ./metadata.so
>    from ./metadata.so
>    from (irb):1

Are you compiling the code as one user and attempting to use it from a  
different user account? The "Operation not permitted" usually refers  
to a permissions problem.

Found this link ...

<http://citydesknews.com/FogBugz/KB/errors/fogutil.sofailedtomapsegm.html?isl=23903 
 >

Give the "restorecon" method a shot.

Oh, and this link might shed some light as well ...

<http://objectmix.com/tcl/34666-failed-map-segment-shared-object-operation-not-permitted.html 
 >

Blessings,
TwP