Server got an error

[albertomario]

I have installed CPanel Optimized3 VPS on my VPS and i get this error when is restarted.

/scripts/fixeverything: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Too many levels of symbolic links

Everytime when i try to run any command i get this.
If the server is not restared, is not any problem....got this only when i try to restart....and everything is messed up.

[albertomario]

I solved with

rm /usr/bin/perl
cp /usr/bin/perl5.8.8 perl

[jacobt]

I solved with

rm /usr/bin/perl
cp /usr/bin/perl5.8.8 perl

Thank you for this, it worked for me too! cPanel services would not start because of this perl error. Apparently there is a symlink linking to another symlink somewhere in there, causing a loop.

Your fix worked for me. Just in case anyone doesn't realize where the working directory should be when you run that code, you should be in: /usr/bin/

So, just run this to be safe:

rm /usr/bin/perl
cp /usr/bin/perl5.8.8 /usr/bin/perl

[cPanelTristan]

Hello,

Please do not run an rm of perl on the machine. If the only binary that exists on your machine is /usr/bin/perl, you will have effectively wiped out perl on the machine and then be unable to install it using our installer even.

1. Never use rm on a machine without first checking if another binary copy does exist
2. Never rm if possible, move the copy instead

The better method here is to do the following:

ls -lah /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/perl

If you see /usr/bin/perl symlinked from /usr/local/bin/perl, then it is setup properly. If you see /usr/bin/perl symlinked from somewhere else, then it isn't. Here's what it should show when it is setup right basically:

root@vps [~]# ls -lah /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/perl
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  17 Dec 25  2009 /usr/bin/perl -> /usr/local/bin/perl*
-rwxr-xr-x  2 root root 13K Dec 25  2009 /usr/local/bin/perl*

You should move /usr/bin/perl and then properly symlink it if it isn't showing this type of setup. Again, move the file do not remove it using this step for moving it:

mv /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl.bak

I cannot post the other steps as they are dependent on whether you have two copies of perl's binary (one at /usr/bin/perl and one at /usr/local/bin/perl), or whether you have /usr/bin/perl symlinked to /usr/local/bin/perl instead of the other way around. I've given steps before and had someone not check if it was two binaries or a symlink and blindly copy the steps, which is not the ideal situation to pursue unfortunately.

As such, if you aren't certain the steps, post the output for "ls -lah /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/perl" and then I would be happy to provide the appropriate steps for your situation.

Thanks!