Patch Name: PHNE_15286 Patch Description: s700_800 10.10 ppl(1) cumulative patch Creation Date: 98/05/14 Post Date: 98/05/29 Hardware Platforms - OS Releases: s700: 10.10 s800: 10.10 Products: N/A Filesets: Networking.SLIP-RUN Automatic Reboot?: No Status: General Release Critical: Yes PHNE_15286: ABORT PHNE_13181: ABORT PHNE_10364: ABORT PHNE_9376: ABORT Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHNE_15286 Symptoms: PHNE_15286: See Defect Description PHNE_13181: See Defect Description PHNE_10364: See Defect Description PHNE_9376: See Defect Description PHNE_8418: See Defect Description Defect Description: PHNE_15286: ( SR not found ) The log file for ppl will show the year as "19xy" when the actual year on the system is 20xy. PHNE_13181: (SR number: 4701373738 ) PPL would follow links when writing the log file. PHNE_10364: ( SR not found ) The ppl command crashes if a parameter longer than 1024 characters is passed in. PHNE_9376: ( SR number: 5003351320 ) The ppl tracing could write to incorrect file. ( SR number: 4701340729 ) The ppl command crashes if a parameter longer than 128 characters is passed in. ( SR number: 1653187450 ) Could not kill ppl processes and produced too many errors in log files. PHNE_8418: ( SR number: 5003268078 ) Provide support for ppl to work at baud rates above 56K. SR: 4701373738 4701373712 5003351320 5003268078 4701340729 1653187450 Patch Files: /usr/bin/ppl what(1) Output: /usr/bin/ppl: NET: Version: B.10.1 $Date: 95/08/10 12:25:26 $ PHNE_15286 ppl.c $Revision: 1.6.102.9 $ $Date: 97/11 /10 13:33:51 $ PHNE_15286 readremotes.c $Revision: 1.5.102.3 $ $Dat e: 97/03/12 11:13:41 $ PHNE_15286 dial.c $Revision: 1.5.102.4 $ $Date: 97/0 3/12 11:07:33 $ PHNE_15286 util.c $Revision: 1.5.102.5 $ $Date: 97/0 5/14 15:00:42 $ NET: Version: B.10.1 $Date: 95/08/10 12:25:26 $ cksum(1) Output: 3931817760 102400 /usr/bin/ppl Patch Conflicts: None Patch Dependencies: None Hardware Dependencies: None Other Dependencies: None Supersedes: PHNE_8418 PHNE_9376 PHNE_10364 PHNE_13181 Equivalent Patches: PHNE_15285: s700: 10.00 10.01 s800: 10.00 10.01 PHNE_15287: s700: 10.20 s800: 10.20 Patch Package Size: 160 KBytes Installation Instructions: Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms and conditions for precautions, scope of license, restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties, before installing this patch. ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Back up your system before installing a patch. 2. Login as root. 3. Copy the patch to the /tmp directory. 4. Move to the /tmp directory and unshar the patch: cd /tmp sh PHNE_15286 5a. For a standalone system, run swinstall to install the patch: swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true \ -s /tmp/PHNE_15286.depot 5b. For a homogeneous NFS Diskless cluster run swcluster on the server to install the patch on the server and the clients: swcluster -i -b This will invoke swcluster in the interactive mode and force all clients to be shut down. WARNING: All cluster clients must be shut down prior to the patch installation. Installing the patch while the clients are booted is unsupported and can lead to serious problems. The swcluster command will invoke an swinstall session in which you must specify: alternate root path - default is /export/shared_root/OS_700 source depot path - /tmp/PHNE_15286.depot To complete the installation, select the patch by choosing "Actions -> Match What Target Has" and then "Actions -> Install" from the Menubar. 5c. For a heterogeneous NFS Diskless cluster: - run swinstall on the server as in step 5a to install the patch on the cluster server. - run swcluster on the server as in step 5b to install the patch on the cluster clients. By default swinstall will archive the original software in /var/adm/sw/patch/PHNE_15286. If you do not wish to retain a copy of the original software, you can create an empty file named /var/adm/sw/patch/PATCH_NOSAVE. Warning: If this file exists when a patch is installed, the patch cannot be deinstalled. Please be careful when using this feature. It is recommended that you move the PHNE_15286.text file to /var/adm/sw/patch for future reference. To put this patch on a magnetic tape and install from the tape drive, use the command: dd if=/tmp/PHNE_15286.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k Special Installation Instructions: After installing this patch the log file for ppl will NOT be allowed to be a link. You will see that any links to the log file will be deleted and a new log file will be created. The old log file will not be harmed. A message will be logged to syslog if/when ppl deletes a link. We have not provided any method of overriding this feature.