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

Patch 27002.00
OSFADVFS540
• Corrects the following problems with the fixfdmn utility:
— Fixes fixfdmn so that it will continue when it finds more than one root tag file,
rather than exiting with the message “Unable to continue, more than one root
tag file.”
— Fixes a potential memory fault while running the fixfdmn.
— Fixes a problem in which fixfdmn does not properly handle domains with
multi-page RBMT files.
• Fixes the incorrect number of tag pages being returned by some AdvFS user
commands.
• Fixes vrestore command to restore file and directory attributes by default and
addresses security issues during the restoration of those attributes.
• Removes memory leaks from the AdvFS salvage utility.
• Fixes rare problem in which the vdump/vrestore commands hang when requesting
the next tape.
• Enhances the AdvFS rmvol utility to allow multiple volumes to be removed with
one command.
• Fixes a problem that causes the defragment command to fail with the error message
"“defragment: Can't allocate memory”
• Corrects return values from the vfast utility.
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability where, under certain circumstances,
system integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of improper file
access.
• Provides enhancements for file system suitlets.
• Improves AdvFS informational messages as follows:
— Advscan reports if a domain has all of its volumes, but they are stored in a
different directories. This scenario will cause mount to fail.
— The AdvFS I/O error message includes the location of a file that will help users
to translate the error number into an error message.
• Prevents erroneous display of DMAPI messages while using the showfile command.
• Fixes a problem in which the verify utility core dumps if it encounters a specific
type of metadata inconsistency.
• Improves the information provided in an error message that is displayed when
the chfile command to display an informative error message if it fails while trying
to enable data logging.
• Modifies the nvbmtpg utility to display all the data in a specified mcell only if the
-v option is selected.
• Fixes a problem where defragmentation can fail if the process can not obtain enough
memory.
3.4 Summary of Base Operating System Patches 93