TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: PTF287 - Allow More Simultaneous telnet Sessions DATE: 20OCT95 README FOR: PTF287 PRODUCT and VERSION: UnixWare 1.1 Installation Instructions: DATATYPE: datastream 1. Download the ptf287.Z and ptf287.txt files to the /tmp directory on your machine. 2. Read the release notes contained in this file and follow the instuctions to add the package to your system. 3. Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your system using the following commands: $ su # uncompress /tmp/ptf287.Z # pkgadd -d /tmp/ptf287 ENGINEERING RELEASE NOTES ------------------------- Title ----- PTF287 - Allow More Simultaneous telnet Sessions Product And Version ------------------- UnixWare 1.1.2, UnixWare 1.1.3, and UnixWare 1.1.4 Abstract -------- This PTF contains updates to the UnixWare telnet command to allow more simultaneous sessions. Symptoms -------- A single process that manages the input and output for multiple telnet sessions would fail to register input after four or five sessions were started. All telnet sessions would get the "Connected to ..." message, but the after the fourth or fifth session, no login prompt is printed. An 'in.ftpd' process is spawned on the telnet host, however. SOLUTION SPECIFICS ------------------ General Description ------------------- Increase the number of file descriptors scanned by the 'select()' system call in the telnet command. The limit had been 16 previously, it is now set to 1024. New Features ------------ None Software Notes and Recommendations. ---------------------------------- This PTF can be installed on UnixWare 1.1.2, 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 systems. The Internet Utilities (inet) package must be installed on the system to install ptf287. Testing of the modified software contained in this package has been conducted only to the extent necessary to confirm that it resolves the problem(s) stated above ("Symptom"). Such testing consists of recreating the problem conditions and verifying that the problem no longer occurs. No other testing of this software has been done. Hardware Notes and Recommendations. ---------------------------------- This PTF is targeted for the i386, i486 and Pentium CPU's.