TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              PTF676 - fix for sysadm date/time set
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300174
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               25JAN95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         PTF676

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 1.1

ABSTRACT:

This file contains ptf676 - fix for sysadm date/time set.  This patch 
fixes menus that set date and time in the Operations, Administration 
and Maintenance (OA&M) system.  The fixes allow a user to set a date 
greater than the 28th of a month.


SYMPTOM

The fixes to the OA&M date/time menus correct a mistake that caused 
the menus to validate the date as if every month were February.  
The menus now use the correct limits for each month of the year.

SOLUTION

Apply the ptf676 file.

Installation Instructions:

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the ptf676.Z and ptf676.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 packages to your system.

3.  Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your 
    system using the following commands:

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/ptf676.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/ptf676 ptf676

Solution Specifics

General Description
-------------------
These release notes acquaint you with the contents of the PTF676 patch 
for UnixWare.  This patch fixes menus that set date and time in the 
Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OA&M) system.  The fixes 
allow a user to set a date greater than the 28th of a month.

New Features
------------
The fixes to the OA&M date/time menus correct a mistake that caused 
the menus to validate the date as if every month were February.  
The menus now use the correct limits for each month of the year.

Software Notes and Recommendations
----------------------------------
The 'oam' package (OA&M) must be installed before ptf676 may be installed.

Hardware Notes and Recommendations
----------------------------------
     None

Installation instructions
-------------------------
Place the diskette in the drive, and at the shell prompt type

          pkgadd -d diskette1

     Or use the desktop installation procedure.


Troubleshooting
---------------
To test that the new menus are correctly installed,
     
          - Run sysadm

          - Choose 'system_setup' at the top level menu.

          - From the 'system_setup' menu choose 'datetime'

          - From the 'datetime' menu, choose 'set'

          - From the date set menu, set the month to 'October'
            or another month with 31 days.  Set the date to the
            29th, 30th and 31st saving after each date you set.

     If all the dates are accepted by the menus, the fixes are
     correctly installed.