Problem loading libs via /etc/ld.so.conf

I am using Sun Java 1.4.2_05-b04 on a RedHat Enterprise Server 3 Linux
machine, Kernel 2.4.21, glibc 3.2.3.

I am trying to load the shared library that belongs to a native method.


When Java is started with

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/lib java MyClass
or
java -Djava.library.path=/path/to/lib MyClass

everything works fine.


However, when I add /path/to/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run 'ldconfig',
Java does not find the library when run as

java MyClass

and re****ts an UnsatisfiedLinkError.

This happens only with Java, other programs find the libraries fine, and
the loader shows the libraries correctly when queried with 'ldconfig -p'.


Does anybody have an idea what is wrong?

Thank you,
Laurenz Albe