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

Patch 27079.00
OSFSYSMAN540
• Fixes a smsd core dump problem in a cluster.
• Fixes repeated AdvFS domain panics triggered by smsd.
• Fixes a problem in dxaccounts, where the Modify option dumps core when more than one
NIS user is selected on the NIS client.
• Corrects a problem in the SysMan advfsmgr utility, where the size of a very large fileset is
shown as zero.
• Fixes a problem where sysman -station does not work in the French locale.
• Fixes a problem in which a stack trace occurs during quicksetup if the host name and any
NFS parameters are changed.
• Fixes a problem in which SysMan ppp_options does not show the ttyname and speed
values.correctly.
• Fixes a problem where “sysman users” does not allow root to change the password.
• Corrects a problem in the function of SysMan ufsmgr “expand.”
• Fixes a condition that can cause a copy-and-paste of a NIS-group to hang.
• Modifies the netconfig application to prevent breaking automation while using the SysMan
command-line interface.
• Fixes problems with the dxaccounts application on systems with ASU installed.
• Corrects a problem that occurs with ntpconfig that causes the error message "keyword
authdelay unknown" to be written into the daemon.log file whenever XNTPD V4 starts.
• Fixes a problem in which a stack trace occurs in the ntpconfig application during attempts
to delete duplicate entries.
• Fixes a problem in which dxaccounts deletes the home directory upon modification
• Changes the incorrect choice LSMnopriv to LSMnoprv in the Usage: button option of the
diskconfig application.
• Corrects a problem in the SysMan account management application in which an invalid
error message is displayed while deleting a user who does not have a home directory.
• Enables the multi-column List widget implemented in SUIT to use any value specified for
the -height option in the curses domain.
• Corrects several potential security vulnerabilities where, under certain circumstances, system
integrity may be compromised. These may be in the form of improper file access.
• Corrects the cause of a core dump that occurs when the usermod command is used with the
-x pc_synchronize option.
• Corrects a problem that causes the userdel command to core dump when the shell field is
empty in the passwd file.
• Corrects a problem that causes the usermod command to not work as expected with NIS
+/- users.
• Fixes minor problems with the account management tools.
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability where, under certain circumstances, system
integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of passwords that have a length
outside of the intended range.
• Updates the account management tools to use the latest versions of the ASU (Advanced
Server for UNIX) API calls when ASU is in use on the server.
• Provides support for SmartArray disk controllers. Without this fix, if the SmartArray product
is installed on the system the SysMan Station hardware view will fail to operate.
• Modifies the useradd command to correctly manage default and template data properly.
The problem showed up most notably with the useradd -p command would producing the
message "Password must be between 32 and 80 characters."
Summary of Base Operating System Patches 143