H06.05 ReadMe

The OSS Shell hangs and does not return the shell prompt.

CONDITIONS:

This problem might occur only if ALL the conditions listed below

are met:

1. The 'su' utility is used with the -f option.

2. A command or a script is passed to 'su' using the -c option.

3. The switchuser is successful.

4. After the switchuser, a command expecting standard input from

the keyboard is executed.

5. All the above mentioned steps happen in a shell script.

LIKELIHOOD:

Unlikely

DIRECT IMPACT:

None

SIDE-EFFECTS:

None

WORKAROUND:

Use 'su' without the -f option.

RECOVERY:

None

o OSSUTIL - OSS UTILITIES (T8626)

Solution 10-051013-2017

SYMPTOMS:

OSS pipes give unexpected results in a shell script.

CONDITIONS:

This problem occurs when OSS pipes are used along with shell

builtins.

LIKELIHOOD:

Likely

DIRECT IMPACT:

The output is missing after the pipe processing.

SIDE-EFFECTS:

None

WORKAROUND:

Use corresponding objects instead of builtins wherever possible.

Example: use "/bin/echo" instead of "echo".

RECOVERY:

None

o PATHMAKER (T9154)

Solution 10-060220-4564

SYMPTOMS:

PMPROJECT returns an error "Cannot convert projects from this

release."

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