HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) A.02.01 Release Notes

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Table of contents

HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions ....................................................................................................... 2

HP-UX SRP Documentation ............................................................................................................ 2

1 HP-UX SRP .................................................................................................................................. 2

1.1 HP-UX SRP Overview .............................................................................................................. 2

1.2 HP-UX SRP Features................................................................................................................ 2

1.3 New HP-UX SRP Features ........................................................................................................ 3

1.4 Acquiring and Installing HP-UX SRP .......................................................................................... 3

1.4.1 Installation Requirements .................................................................................................. 3

1.5 Frequently Asked Questions..................................................................................................... 4

1.6 Known Problems Fixed in HP-UX SRP A.02.01 ............................................................................ 4

1.7 Known Problems in HP-UX SRP A.02.01 .................................................................................... 5

HP-UX Secure Resource Partition (SRP)

A.02.01 Release Notes

Summary of content (9 pages)

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HP-UX Secure Resource Partition (SRP) A.02.01 Release Notes Table of contents HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions....................................................................................................... 2 HP-UX SRP Documentation ............................................................................................................ 2 1 HP-UX SRP .................................................................................................................................. 2 1.
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HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions The information in this document is for HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) A.02.01 only. HP-UX SRP Documentation For more information on HP-UX SRP, refer to these documents: • • HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) Administrator's Guide HP-UX CMGR Administrator's and Developer's Guide These documents are located at: http://docs.hp.com 1 HP-UX SRP 1.
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A configuration tool guides the selection of features and options for an SRP. Use this tool to add, update, or delete SRPs. You can also use the tool to assign the following items to an SRP:  users/groups  management roles  IP addresses file system, networking, and IPC isolation policies o Define startup and shutdown activities per SRP. o Update an SRP by adding or removing features and changing configuration properties. Application support o Templates are provided to make it easy to get started.
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For example: > swlist | grep HPUX11i HPUX11i-DC-OE B.11.31.0903 HP-UX Data Center Operating Environment 1.5 Frequently Asked Questions This section includes questions frequently asked about HP-UX SRP. Q. How can I configure DNS access for an SRP when the remote DNS Server is not accessible from the SRP, but is accessible from the init compartment? With HP-UX SRP A.02.01, an SRP only has access to the network interface it is configured to. A.
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Defect number: QXCR1000994805 • A Non-root SRP compartment administrator can now start and stop an SRP. SRP compartment non root administrator can start and stop the SRP. In SRP A02.00.01 or earlier, only the root user was allowed to start and stop the SRP. Defect number: QXCR1000994867 • User login to an SRP now succeeds when Trusted Computing is enabled. Login with a valid user name and password will now succeed when Trusted Computing is enabled.
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the line containing “nsearch /var/hpsrp” with “nread /var/hpsrp” 3. As the root user, enter the following command at the HP-UX command prompt: kctune cmpt_fs_enhs=1 setrules • Intermittent Network packet delivery issues: o Intermittent loss of external network connections. o Unable to establish network connections between two SRPs on the same system, or between an SRP and the INIT compartment.
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• Cannot start or stop an SRP successfully without the admin service. Starting or stopping the SRP configured without the admin service results in the following message: privrun: no matching cmd found in cmd_priv database Workaround: Add the admin service to the SRP. Add the admin user with default user (root) as follows: # srp -b -add mySRP -s admin add RBAC admin role for compartment succeeded • The CompartmentLogin product is uninstalled after HP-UX 11.
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Solution: To retain any changes from the original compartment include files, copy the *.old files back to their original locations. For example, to restore the customized base.srp_incl file, do the following: # cd /etc/opt/hpsrp/cmpt # cp base.srp_incl.old base.srp_incl The newly delivered compartment include files will continue to be available under the /opt/hpsrp/newconfig directory. Review and merge changes from the newly delivered files into the existing compartment include files.
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