HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-6 Patch Summary and Release Notes

Enhancements to binary.errlog................................................................................................23
Updated Printer Support.................................................................................................................24
ICSNET Pseudo Driver Performance Optimization........................................................................24
sys_Check upgraded to version 145.............................................................................................24
Support for the Latest Daylight Saving Time (DST) Changes........................................................25
BIND Updated to Version 9.2.8.......................................................................................................25
Updated Tru64 UNIX Documentation on docs.hp.com..................................................................25
Standards Conformance..................................................................................................................26
New Keyword Added to sshd2_config Configuration File for sshd daemon..........................26
New Option to Ignore Processor Set Boundaries............................................................................26
Support for Evaluating String Comparison Expressions as per POSIX Standards.........................26
iconv Converter Support Surrogate Pairs in Unicode...................................................................26
New Sysconfig Tunable to Reduce Contention on AdvFS Frag Files.............................................27
New rc.config Variables to Hide User Process Arguments and Environmental Variables for
ps and w Commands.......................................................................................................................27
Conformance to Open Group Standards.........................................................................................27
UNIX 98 Compliance with libc.....................................................................................................27
Netstat Read Error on Structures in a Live System.....................................................................27
O_APPEND Flag has no Effect on Behaviour of pwrite().............................................................28
smmsp User and Group Not Required for sendmail....................................................................28
Possible Performance slowdown of Oracle 8.1.7 after Tru64 UNIX Rebranding............................28
Version 5.1B-5 or Higher Kit Requires Uninstallation of Internet Express System Authentication
LDAP Module (IAELDAMXXX).....................................................................................................28
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client problems fixed..............................................................29
Enhancements Introduced in Prior Kits..........................................................................................29
Enhanced Cluster Interconnect Extended to 100 KM................................................................29
Cluster Cloning Offers Alternative to No-Roll Patching...........................................................29
Link Aggregation Extended to Cluster LAN Interconnects......................................................29
NetRAIN over LAG Supported..................................................................................................30
Support Provided for 2007 Changes to U.S. Daylight Savings Time.........................................30
BIND Updated to Version 9.2.5..................................................................................................30
Library Calls for Fibre Channel HBA Added............................................................................31
New Cluster Command Sends ping Packets over TCP.............................................................32
sendmail Server Updated to Version 8.13.6...............................................................................32
AdvFS Utilities Improved for Working with Metadata Files.....................................................32
mountd Daemon Gets New Port-Selection Option....................................................................33
envmond Daemon Modified to Use EVM Events......................................................................33
aha_chim Driver Problem Corrected.........................................................................................33
Command Option Now Provides Additional EMX Driver Information...................................34
New EMX Subsystem Attribute Turns on LLER for Tape I/O...................................................34
Kernel Attributes Protect Against ICMP Security Vulnerability...............................................34
caa_relocate Command Improved.............................................................................................35
collect Utility Improved in Several Ways...................................................................................35
Environment Variable Improves btcreate Kernel Build.............................................................35
New Variable Aids Performance of AdvFS Administration Commands..................................35
New ftpd Command Option Prevents Login Delays................................................................36
New Features Added to kdbx Debugger...................................................................................36
Modified rmvol Utility Allows Multiple Volume Removal.......................................................36
New disklabel Command Option Expands Partitions...............................................................37
Commands Modified to Conform to POSIX Standard..............................................................37
Changes to ex, edit, and vi....................................................................................................37
Changes to awk and nawk....................................................................................................37
Changes to chmod................................................................................................................38
Changes to cp........................................................................................................................38
Changes to ex........................................................................................................................38
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