TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              PTF2041 - C Library Patch
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300214
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               18MAY95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         tf2041

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 2.0

ABSTRACT:

C Library patched for getpwent(3C) problem.

SYMPTOM

If the password comment field contains an entry longer then sixty characters,
the second call to getpwent() in a process fails.

SOLUTION

Apply the tf2041 file.


Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the tf2041.Z and tf2041.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/tf2041.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/tf2041

Solution Specifics

Product And Version
-------------------

UnixWare 2.01

General Description.
-------------------

A sixty plus character entry in the password comment field causes
the second call to getpwent() within a process to fail, thereafter
the call succeeds.  Positional information was lost because of the
long entry.  Entries shorter then sixty one characters work.


New Features.
------------

None.

Software Notes and Recommendations.
----------------------------------

This PTF can ONLY be installed on UnixWare 2.01 systems and is
only required if you plan on creating /etc/passwd entries with
the password comment field containing a value longer then sixty
characters.

This fix will be available in UnixWare Update 2.02.

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.