TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  TF2189 - Fix to inetd for preventing hung sessions
DATE:  26OCT95
README FOR:  TF2189
PRODUCT and VERSION:

UnixWare 2.01

Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the tf2189.Z and tf2189.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/tf2189.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/tf2189

ENGINEERING RELEASE NOTES
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Title
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PTF2189 - Fix to inetd for preventing hung sessions

Product And Version
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UnixWare 2.01, 2.02, and 2.03 (when it becomes available).

Abstract
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This PTF fixes a problem with /usr/sbin/inetd that would cause various
Internet utilities (ftp, rcp, rsh, and so on) to hang.

Symptom
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If more than 100 Internet connections occurred within a 2-minute
interval, some of the connections would hang.  This would affect such
utilities as ftp, rsh, rcp, telnet, and rlogin.

SOLUTION SPECIFICS
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General Description.
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This PTF fixes a problem with /usr/sbin/inetd that would cause various
Internet utilities (ftp, rcp, rsh, and so on) to hang.

New Features.
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None

Software Notes and Recommendations.
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This PTF can be installed on UnixWare 2.01, 2.02, or 2.03 (when it
becomes available).  The "Internet Utilities" (inet) package must be
installed before this PTF can be installed.  If you reinstall the inet
package, or you apply a UnixWare Update, you must reapply this PTF.

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.
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This PTF is targeted for the i386, i486 and Pentium CPU's.