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

• Adds a -R switch to MFS to allocate memory on one RAD. The default MFS behavior is to
stripe memory across all RADs that have memory; the -R switch may improve MFS
performance in many cases.
• Fixes a problem that prevents access to AutoFS file systems if ACLs are enabled.
• Makes the cchwtest tool for Common Criteria security evaluation.
• Fixes the compress command to exit with new status, 3, on an I/O error, as described in the
compress reference page.
• Corrects a problem in which sendmail will not start on some configurations where the
sendmail support files are symbolically linked to another location in the support environment.
• Fixes “at” jobs that fail to execute when LANG and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are set.
• Modifies the dc command to take care of scale while printing numbers in base 2.
• Causes the tar utility to correctly restores directory permissions when extracted using -p
option.
• Fixes the vi command with respect to the handling of locales and the +[subcommand].
• Corrects the behavior of the find command with respect to -size option.
• Corrects the behavior of the ltf command for UIDs and GIDs greater than four digits.
• Eliminates several compiler warnings.
• Expands libpset APIs to enable the caller to get processor set information.
• Modifies the rewind() function to always reposition to the beginning of a file.
• Modifies the tar and pax utilities to correctly restore the file mode when extracted using
appropriate options.
• Eliminates inefficiencies and apparent login hangs in a TruCluster environment running
Enhanced Security.
• Corrects the handling of shared library version mismatches for the loader's -ignore_version
and -ignore_all_versions switches.
• This modification adds an additional helpful instruction to the instructions given to users
after an SIA initialization failure.
• Corrects a fixso failure that occurs when reporting a new conflict for __istart.
• Corrects the behavior of the w command, when it is redirected or piped.
• Corrects a failure in the safe_open() routine that causes symbolic links given by a relative
path from the current working directory to incorrectly give ENOENT errors.
• Installs DECthreads V3.20-029, which fixes problems that may affect threaded programs.
• Fixes a problem where a file name is assigned incorrectly in a CDSL case.
• Installs DECthreads V3.20-049.
• Corrects a problem in which the evmshow command occasionally encounters print formatting
problems when displaying a detailed output of binlog channel events.
• Corrects an odd, unexpected error message that may be printed by rsh or rlogin commands.
• Corrects a problem where the telnet command causes unnecessary delays when an IP address
is supplied as a command-line argument.
• Fixes a problem in which the mount command dumps core or gives inappropriate warning
messages if a malformed option was given.
• Corrects a problem in which the mailsetup command does not allow changes to the local
user list in a noncluster environment.
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability that may result in unauthorized Privileged Access
or a Denial of Service (DoS). This may be in the form of local and remote security domain
risks.
(SSRT2384 rpc — Severity - High)
• Adds support for NEW_OPEN_MAX_SYSTEM (64K) file descriptors to libaio.
• Corrects a problem in which a DNS resolver routines never time out if interrupted by signals.
Summary of Base Operating System Patches 87