/usr/lib64/R/library/jsonlite/libs/jsonlite.so: cannot open shared object file: Operation not permitted

I just recently installed Shiny Server 1.5.22.1017 on a new RHEL 8.9 server with R-4.3.3, but receive an error loading jsonlite when attempting to load run any app. When I navigate to the main page of Shiny Server it's unable to display the example apps as well.

Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
  unable to load shared object '/usr/lib64/R/library/jsonlite/libs/jsonlite.so':
  /usr/lib64/R/library/jsonlite/libs/jsonlite.so: cannot open shared object file: Operation not permitted
Calls: local ... eval -> eval -> loadNamespace -> library.dynam -> dyn.load
Execution halted

I recompiled jsonlite, but Shiny Server is still unable to load the shared object file.

Here are the installed packages:

> installed.packages()
            Package       LibPath                Version      Priority
base        "base"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
base64enc   "base64enc"   "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.1-3"      NA
boot        "boot"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.3-29"     "recommended"
bslib       "bslib"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.5.0"      NA
cachem      "cachem"      "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.0.8"      NA
class       "class"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "7.3-22"     "recommended"
cli         "cli"         "/usr/lib64/R/library" "3.6.1"      NA
cluster     "cluster"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "2.1.6"      "recommended"
codetools   "codetools"   "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.2-19"     "recommended"
commonmark  "commonmark"  "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.9.0"      NA
compiler    "compiler"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
crayon      "crayon"      "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.5.2"      NA
datasets    "datasets"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
digest      "digest"      "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.6.33"     NA
ellipsis    "ellipsis"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.3.2"      NA
evaluate    "evaluate"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.21"       NA
fastmap     "fastmap"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.1.1"      NA
fontawesome "fontawesome" "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.5.1"      NA
foreign     "foreign"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.8-86"     "recommended"
fs          "fs"          "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.6.2"      NA
glue        "glue"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.6.2"      NA
graphics    "graphics"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
grDevices   "grDevices"   "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
grid        "grid"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
highr       "highr"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.10"       NA
htmltools   "htmltools"   "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.5.5"      NA
httpuv      "httpuv"      "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.6.11"     NA
jquerylib   "jquerylib"   "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.1.4"      NA
jsonlite    "jsonlite"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.8.7"      NA
KernSmooth  "KernSmooth"  "/usr/lib64/R/library" "2.23-22"    "recommended"
knitr       "knitr"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.43"       NA
later       "later"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.3.1"      NA
lattice     "lattice"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.22-5"     "recommended"
lifecycle   "lifecycle"   "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.0.3"      NA
magrittr    "magrittr"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "2.0.3"      NA
MASS        "MASS"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "7.3-60.0.1" "recommended"
Matrix      "Matrix"      "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.6-5"      "recommended"
memoise     "memoise"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "2.0.1"      NA
methods     "methods"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
mgcv        "mgcv"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.9-1"      "recommended"
mime        "mime"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.12"       NA
nlme        "nlme"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "3.1-164"    "recommended"
nnet        "nnet"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "7.3-19"     "recommended"
parallel    "parallel"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
promises    "promises"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.2.0.1"    NA
R6          "R6"          "/usr/lib64/R/library" "2.5.1"      NA
rappdirs    "rappdirs"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.3.3"      NA
Rcpp        "Rcpp"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.0.11"     NA
rlang       "rlang"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.1.1"      NA
rmarkdown   "rmarkdown"   "/usr/lib64/R/library" "2.23"       NA
rpart       "rpart"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.1.23"     "recommended"
sass        "sass"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.4.7"      NA
shiny       "shiny"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.7.4.1"    NA
sourcetools "sourcetools" "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.1.7-1"    NA
spatial     "spatial"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "7.3-17"     "recommended"
splines     "splines"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
stats       "stats"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
stats4      "stats4"      "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
stringi     "stringi"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.7.12"     NA
stringr     "stringr"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.5.0"      NA
survival    "survival"    "/usr/lib64/R/library" "3.5-8"      "recommended"
tcltk       "tcltk"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
tinytex     "tinytex"     "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.45"       NA
tools       "tools"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
utils       "utils"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "4.3.3"      "base"
vctrs       "vctrs"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.6.3"      NA
withr       "withr"       "/usr/lib64/R/library" "2.5.0"      NA
xfun        "xfun"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "0.39"       NA
xtable      "xtable"      "/usr/lib64/R/library" "1.8-4"      NA
yaml        "yaml"        "/usr/lib64/R/library" "2.3.7"      NA

I'm able to load the jsonlite library from the R console without issue:

> library(jsonlite)
>

I didn't change much in the Shiny configuration file:


# Instruct Shiny Server to run applications as the user "shiny"
run_as :HOME_USER: shiny;
sanitize_errors off;

# Define a server that listens on port 80
server {
  listen 80;

  # Define a location at the base URL
  location / {

    # Host the directory of Shiny Apps stored in this directory
    site_dir /srv/shiny-server;

    # Log all Shiny output to files in this directory
    log_dir /var/log/shiny-server;

    # When a user visits the base URL rather than a particular application,
    # an index of the applications available in this directory will be shown.
    directory_index on;
  }
}

The shared object file in question appears to be accessible in the location it's looking:

ls -la /usr/lib64/R/library/jsonlite/libs/
total 412
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     25 May  8 16:01 .
drwxr-xr-x. 8 root root    166 May  8 16:01 ..
-rwxr--r--. 1 root root 419976 May  8 16:01 jsonlite.so

Any ideas on troubleshooting? Unfortunately this system is disconnected from the Internet, so it makes it that much more fun.

If you go in as root and add execute permission for everyone to the .so file (sudo chmod a+x jsonlite.so), does that fix the problem?

Thank you for the reply. I attempted:

chmod 755 /usr/lib64/R/library/jsonlite/libs/jsonlite.so
ls -la /usr/lib64/R/library/jsonlite/libs/
total 412
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     25 May  8 16:01 .
drwxr-xr-x. 8 root root    166 May  8 16:01 ..
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 419976 May  8 16:01 jsonlite.so
systemctl restart shiny-server
cat /var/log/shiny-server/hello-shiny-20240509-134257-35325.log
su: ignoring --preserve-environment, it's mutually exclusive with --login
Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
  unable to load shared object '/usr/lib64/R/library/jsonlite/libs/jsonlite.so':
  /usr/lib64/R/library/jsonlite/libs/jsonlite.so: cannot open shared object file: Operation not permitted
Calls: local ... eval -> eval -> loadNamespace -> library.dynam -> dyn.load
Execution halted

Unfortunately I'm still seeing the same problem.

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