========================================================================== The checksum's (found through sum -r) of the files that you have received (other than this README) are as follows: 12066 5 patchSG0001485 36966 23 patchSG0001485.eoe_man 28352 1073 patchSG0001485.eoe_sw 35926 8 patchSG0001485.idb 56900 15 patchSG0001485.netman_data_man 05186 17 patchSG0001485.nfs_man 20081 73 patchSG0001485.nfs_sw ========================================================================== - 1 - 1. Patch_SG0001485_Release_Note This release note describes patch SG0001485 to IRIX 6.2. 1.1 Supported_Hardware_Platforms This patch contains bug fixes for all platforms. 1.2 Supported_Software_Platforms This patch contains bug fixes for IRIX 6.2. The software cannot be installed on other configurations. Installing the networking kernel rollup patch 1418 is recommended. 1.3 Bugs_Fixed_by_Patch_SG0001485 This patch contains fixes for the following bugs in IRIX 6.2. It includes all of the changes of patch SG0001366. Bug numbers from Silicon Graphics bug tracking system are included for reference. o Bug 8180: ypbind now tries to bind using multicast. To bind to a NIS server not on the local network, the distant system running `ypserv` must have `portmap` configured to listen to multicast requests. `portmap` in this patch is safe from the denial of service attacks from the Internet if multicast reception that could conceivably attack previous versions of `portmap` if multicast service is turned on. o Bug 32332: yp domain names are now completely case insensitive. o The ypserv crash whose symptom was rebinding to other servers has been fixed. o Bug 294178: Named now supports round-robin record sorting. o Bug 373847: The timeslave WWW/Traconex problems are fixed by ignoring the "spare" bits that are set by the Traconex version of the WWV receiver. The parity problems are solved by documenting the reuirements of timeslave in the man page. o Bug 391952: the ipfilterd.1m man page was missing from the IRIX release; this patch provides it. o Bug 394367: Named now supports requests to alias addresses. (Requires networking rollup patch 1418) - 2 - o Bug 397235: ypbind and ypbind now tolerate a system with more than 20 network interfaces. o Bug 417545 and 418059: Named has been upgraded to Bind-4.9.4-P1 which fixes a problem with expanding domainnames with spaces. This would cause named to fail all requests with errors about failing to resolve CNAME or NS information. o Telnet, telnetd, rlogin, rlogind, timed, and timeslave now specify IP "low delay" type of service (TOS). o The FTP server would allow logins to accounts with expired passwords (ID 273287). o Rpcbind could hang and disrupt networking services (ID 348335). o On 64-bit systems, arp -a would not show all addresses in the ARP cache (ID 348619). o Inetd could dump core if IP aliases were in use (ID 351375). o FTP server processes would sometimes hang forever in an accept() call (ID 353649). o Timeslave would dump core (ID 363058). o Inetd could leak file descriptors when services were shutdown due to heavy load (ID 368997). o The IRIX 6.2 ifconfig command does not attempt to set the destination address for a point-to-point network interface, a regression which was caused when ifconfig was modified to support IP aliases. This affected some but not all PPP systems. A symptom of this problem is "netstat -rn" displaying misformatted information when listing routes involving such interfaces. (ID 323866,375099) o The BOOTP and DHCP servers failed to function on systems using IP aliases (ID 394059) o Inetd could dump core if the NIS password map changed after inetd started up. A failure to locate a user would result in a NULL-pointer dereference (ID 396323). o The FTP server could dump core if a PASV command was issued prior to the user logging in (ID 406579). - 3 - 1.4 Subsystems_Included_in_Patch_SG0001485 This patch release includes these subsystems: o patchSG0001485.eoe_sw.svr4net o patchSG0001485.eoe_sw.unix 1.5 Installation_Instructions Because you want to install only the patches for problems you have encountered, patch software is not installed by default. After reading the descriptions of the bugs fixed in this patch (see Section 1.3), determine the patches that meet your specific needs. If, after reading Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of these release notes, you are unsure whether your hardware and software meet the requirements for installing a particular patch, run inst. The inst program does not allow you to install patches that are incompatible with your hardware or software. Patch software is installed like any other Silicon Graphics software product. Follow the instructions in your Software Installation Administrator's Guide to bring up the miniroot form of the software installation tools. Follow these steps to select a patch for installation: 1. At the Inst> prompt, type install patchSGxxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is the patch number. 2. Initiate the installation sequence. Type Inst> go 3. You may find that two patches have been marked as incompatible. (The installation tools reject an installation request if an incompatibility is detected.) If this occurs, you must deselect one of the patches. Inst> keep patchSGxxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is the patch number. - 4 - 4. After completing the installation process, exit the inst program by typing Inst> quit 1.6 Patch_Removal_Instructions To remove a patch, use the versions remove command as you would for any other software subsystem. The removal process reinstates the original version of software unless you have specifically removed the patch history from your system. versions remove patchSGxxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is the patch number. To keep a patch but increase your disk space, use the versions removehist command to remove the patch history. versions removehist patchSGxxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is the patch number. 1.7 Known_Problems