HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2007 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance

What is New in the September 2006 Release?

Chapter 3

• New: HP-UX Software Assistant: A command-line based tool that consolidates and

simplifies patch management and security bulletin management on HP-UX systems.

(See “HP-UX Software Assistant” on page 189.)

• HP-UX Standard Mode Security Extensions: Version B.11.23.02 introduces

integration with HP-UX Role-based Access Control, allowing more granular access

controls. In addition, also introduces the userstat command for querying the status

of user account information. Available on Software Pack. (See “HP-UX Standard

Mode Security Extensions” on page 191.)

Chapter 9: “Commands and System Calls” (see page 193)

• New: LoginNLS: Version B.11.23.01. Provides French Native language support for

• New: TRUFGREP: Provides a new command - trufgrep (1), which searches the input

text files for a pattern. Uses a different algorithm to implement fgrep (1). Available

on Software Pack. (See “trufgrep Command” on page 195.)

• New: usermod Command Enhancement (Restricted Movement of Home Directories):

With this enhancement, usermod (1M) can selectively prevent the movement of

home directories with the -m option. Available on Software Pack. (See “usermod

Command Enhancement (Restricted Movement of Home Directories)” on page 195.)

Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming” (see page 197)

• HP MPI: Updated to version 2.2.5 with MPI-2 name publishing support, new mpirun

option -netaddr, and new environment variables. (See “HP MPI” on page 198.)

• HP-UX Java Development Kit and HP-UX Java Runtime Environment for the

Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (JDK/JRE): Versions 1.4 and 5.0 (1.5) of the

JDK/JRE, Add-ons, and Plugins updated to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Java

JDK/JRE for HP-UX” on page 199.)

• Perl: Updated to version 5.8.8 build 817.1 with improvements to performance,

changes to several commands, defect fixes, and much more. (See “Perl” on page 200.)

Chapter 11: “Internationalization” (see page 203)

• No changes in this release.

Chapter 12: “Other Functionality” (see page 205)

• No changes in this release.

What is New in the September 2006 Release?

In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the September 2006

release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For further

information, see the indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006

Release Notes, available in its most current version at

http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/.