HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-5 Patch Summary and Release Notes (March 2009)

3.4.2 Patches Delivered in Previous Kits
The following patches were first delivered in previous Version 5.1B patch kits. These
patches will be installed on your system if they are newer than the last patch kit you
installed.
Patch 27001.00
OSFACCT540
• Corrects the action of the dodisk command to skip the commented file systems
contained in the /etc/fstab file.
• Fixes acctcom to exit with proper error message when used with invalid user ID
and group ID.
• Causes the file protections of /var/adm/pacct and ownership of /var/adm/wtmp
to act as expected by the accounting utilities.
• Fixes the fwtmp command so it does not display invalid (negative) PIDs when the
number of decimal digits of PID value exceeds 5.
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability where, under certain circumstances,
system integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of improper file
or privilege management.
• Corrects an error in the script in lastlogin.sh.
• Makes start up scripts in /sbin/init.d world readable.
• Corrects the following problems found in accounting commands:
— Resolves the differences in the CPU time and connect time found during the
conversion of accounting reports from ASCII format to binary and again back
to ASCII.
— Resolves the differences in CPU time found in the output of the acctcom and
acctmerg commands for the same input file.
— Fixes the way accounting files are referenced using CDSLs.
— Corrects the display of the header from acctcom when accounting is first started.
— Corrects an error message during execution of the runacct command.
— Enables acctcom to read more than one input file.
— Enables acctcom to work with pipes.
• Fixes the acctcom command with respect to the display of tty lines.
• Corrects a problem in which accounting reports show the wrong connection time
for the users who remain logged in during the execution of runacct.
• Enables the acctcon1 command to calculate the connect time for local logins in
case of run level changes.
92 Tru64 UNIX Patches