[Sunhelp] SunOS 4.1.3.U1 Solaris 1.1.1 ver B

[Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)]

We just changed the date on our machines to 12/31/99 and let them roll over
to see what would happen.  Could you try this or is it mission critical?

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Steffen Grunewald [SMTP:steffen at gfz-potsdam.de]
	Sent:	Friday, November 19, 1999 4:50 AM
	To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
	Subject:	Re: [Sunhelp] SunOS 4.1.3.U1 Solaris 1.1.1 ver B

	On Thu 1999-11-18 (14:55), Gilbert Groehn wrote:
	> I am running Solaris 1.1.1 ver B on a Sparc 20
	> and wonder what is going to happen at Y2K.

	Bad things happen, you know...
	> 
	> I do not want to change the OS as I am afraid of
	> loosing some of the drivers, files, etc.

	Would be nice if you could at least upgrade to 1.1.2,
	look in the sunupgrade dir of the cd

	> 
	> I do not want to take a chance on the system locking up
	> or failing but I can tolerate some bad date problems.
	> 
	> Could someone who is knowledgable on this issue
	> please advice me on what to expect.

	Go to sunsolve.sun.com and/or access1.sun.com and get
	the Recommended Patches set. Apply them.
	Caveat canem: in the sendmail patch for 4.1.3_U1 (1.1.1)
	there's a bug that prevents normal users from sending mail
	(will be dropped into the bit bucket w/o notice)
	I found the 1.1.2 (4.1.4) patches to be more consistent.

	> I am a unix novice so even the installation of patches
	> could present a problem unless explicit instructions
	> were available.

	They are there - in the README file accompanying every
	patch. You _must_ read them.

	HTH,
	 Steffen
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