HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes

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What is New at a Glance

What is New in the September 2004 Release?

Chapter 3

• OpenSSL A.00.09.07-d: A self-signed host certificate is automatically generated

while installing OpenSSL.

• PAM: 64-bit framework now supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium-based

systems. New PAM module introduced. Defect fixes included.

• PAM-Kerberos v1.23: Supports both Itanium-based and PA-RISC applications in

32-bit mode and 64-bit mode. The pam_sm_acct_mgmt() function returns

PAM_USER_UNKNOWN instead of PAM_SUCCESS when the user is not present in the

kerberos database.

• Security Patch Check 2.0: New product for customers migrating from HP-UX 11i v1.

• Shadow Passwords: New feature enhances system security by hiding user-encrypted

passwords in a shadow password file. Now supported by SAM.

What is New in

September 2004

for Customers

Migrating from

HP-UX 11i v1

September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and System Calls”

•The execve[*]() system calls: Beginning with HP-UX 11i v1.6, the kernel ignores

setuid and setgid bits on scripts for security reasons. In addition, buffer overflow

protection is now enabled.

•The fuser Command: Performance improved.

•The insf, lssf, and mksf Commands: Now support IHV drivers.

•The mmap() Function: Now possible to perform mappings between a process's

address space and I/O device registers or memory.

•The olrad Command: The rad (1M) command replaced by the more robust olrad

(1M) command.

• Post/Wait: New. Provides a fast, lightweight synchronization facility for user

applications.

•The ps command: The default width is now set to 128 characters and a default file

has been provided to define the length of the command field, which can be between

64-1020.

•The rc Shell Script: When a system needs reboot for some reason, messages in the

file /etc/rc.bootmsg will be displayed before the system is rebooted.

•The scsimgr and scsiscan Commands: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in

HP-UX 11i v3.

•The settune and settune_txn System Calls: Post HP-UX 11i v2, tunables set using

these kernel system calls will not be persistent across reboots.

•The sfd Daemon: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in HP-UX 11i v3.

•The sysdef command: Deprecated. Reports incorrect values for some tunable

parameters such as

msgmap

sema

, and

shmem

What is New in

September 2004

for Customers

Migrating from

HP-UX 11i v1

September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming”

• Absolute Debugger (adb): Improved program includes support shared library,

threads, multiprocessor dump reading, 64-bit DLKM dump reading, among others.

Also includes improved command-line syntax, enhanced capabilities in expressions

and format strings, and better file searching and writing capability, among others.

• HP aC++ Compiler for PA-RISC A.03.55.02: Includes numerous new features for

customers migrating from HP-UX 11i v1.