by The following problems are addressed in Technical Articles that appeared
on SCO's web site in the week ending 20000916.
Each problem is preceded by the URL reference to get the relevant article
from the WAIS database at sco.com.
http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?106009
created 06 Nov 1989
revised 15 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: I am receiving a trap, interrupt or exception message and don't
know what it means.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?107691
created 02 Jul 1997
revised 14 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: Commands such as who(C), finger(C), and ps(C) may show established
telnet sessions when the client end of the TCP connection no longer
exists, as, for example, when the client computer crashes, or is
powered off or reset without first closing the telnet session.
Established sessions may also be shown when network connectivity
to the client has failed.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?110025
created 11 Mar 1999
revised 14 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: I want to make backups using an optical device. What products
does SCO support?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?110054
created 02 Apr 1999
revised 13 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: What problems are addressed by Support Level Supplement (SLS)
ptf7410f, the libthread Supplement?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?110169
created 01 Jun 1999
revised 13 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: The maximum file length supported by VXFS filesystems on UnixWare 7
systems is 1 terabyte. How do I enable this support on a VXFS
filesystem?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?110817
created 10 Feb 2000
revised 14 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: I am experiencing one or more of these network printing problems on
UnixWare 7:
1. Spooling a job using the lp command to a remote bsd printer can
return the following message:
UX:lp: ERROR: No space to allocate temp files.
UX:lp: TO FIX: Clean up disk, or try again later.
2. Under heavy load, lpsched can core dump (lpNet remains).
3. lpsched can core dump when executing the lp command to print
many files with very long filenames.
4. 'lpsched' in ptf7438a fails to link on u701 and u700.
5. 'lpsched' suddenly stops printing the remote printer requests.
6. If a user cancels a job, lpsched sees the lpNet as busy and
never sends the cancel job. The job will be shown as canceled
(lpstat), but will not be removed.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?110968
created 13 Apr 2000
revised 13 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: PCI devices of class 'bridge' are not handled correctly and are not
recognized. The device may appear in the DCU but without entries for
IOADDR or MEMADDR.
The device class 'bridge' was recognized properly in UnixWare 7.1.0.
A panic occurs related to use of hot plug features.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111284
created 31 Jul 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: What is included in Support Level Supplement (SLS) nsc1011b,
the UnixWare 7.1.1 SLSs for NonStop Clusters Release 7.1.1+IP?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111287
created 01 Aug 2000
revised 13 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: If you are using the original ALAD driver that came with the
SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 media, you may get this error when trying
to access SCOadmin utilities.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111321
created 15 Aug 2000
revised 11 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: Panics can occur due to vxfs not checking for vnode softcounts
before performing kmem_free() on the vx_bignode.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111324
created 16 Aug 2000
revised 11 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: The FTP daemon, /usr/sbin/ftpd (based on WU-FTPD), has a security
vulnerability that can allow unprivileged users to obtain root
access through use of the "site exec" command. This vulnerability
is described in CERT advisory CA-2000-13 (see http://www.cert.org).
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111364
created 24 Aug 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: I am experiencing the following problems with the UnixWare 7.1.1
Network Install Server:
1. When disabling the Network Install Server from the command line
using:
# /usr/sbin/installsrv -d
the following error message appears:
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111365
created 24 Aug 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: When I select the:
Actions -> Disable
option in the Install_Server GUI on UnixWare 7.1.1, the Network
Install service is not disabled. The script attempts to load the
UnixWare package instead.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111366
created 26 Aug 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: What is SSE070, the WU-FTPD security patch for SCO OpenServer 5?
Does this SSE address the security problems described in CERT
alert CA-2000-13?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111385
created 29 Aug 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: The ps(1) command returns the error:
UX:ps: ERROR: ftw() failed: Value too large for defined data type
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111387
created 30 Aug 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: I am installing UnixWare 7.1.1 and my Support representative has
asked me if I am installing from the updated 7.1.1 Media Kit (which
was released in September 2000) or the previous 7.1.1 Media Kit.
Which one do I have?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111388
created 30 Aug 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: A network card has suffered a connection failure on one of the nodes
in a NonStop Cluster; new network connections have successfully
been accepted, as the surviving network cards in the nodes across
the cluster continue to service the Cluster Virtual IP (CVIP)
address.
However, the failed NIC connection issue has now been resolved
(NIC cable was pulled out and has now been reconnected) but the NIC
still fails to accept new connections and service the CVIP.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111390
created 31 Aug 2000
revised 14 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: What is SSE068, the SCO OpenServer 5 fix for
/etc/sysadm.d/bin/userOsa?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111391
created 31 Aug 2000
revised 14 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: What is SSE069, the SCO OpenServer 5 security fix for
/usr/lib/libX11* and /usr/lib/libXt*?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111392
created 31 Aug 2000
revised 14 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: Are SCO OpenServer Release 5 and UnixWare 7 systems vulnerable to
the CA-2000-17 rpc.statd security advisory that is documented at:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111393
created 01 Sep 2000
revised 15 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: What is Support Level Supplement (SLS) ptf7667a, the UnixWare 7.1.1
util Driver Supplement?
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111401
created 07 Sep 2000
revised 14 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: After changing the port speed through the SCOadmin modem manager,
the updated speed is not shown in the display and the modem is not
functioning.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111403
created 07 Sep 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: When I run /usr/lib/sendmail -v <username> (and at other times),
the following error message occurs:
Warning: .cf file is out of date: sendmail 8.9.3 supports
version 8, .cf file is version 7
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111404
created 07 Sep 2000
revised 12 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: UnixWare 7 NonStop Clusters (NSC) Release 7.1.1+IP has been
installed and a dependent node is being set up.
If the NSC license is entered after installation of the NSC software
then the license may be reported in the license manager as:
0 additional CPUs
instead of recognizing the license as "NonStop Clusters 3-6 node
bump" or "NonStop Clusters Extensible two-node license". The license
manager also prompts for the node number to add the license to, when
in fact the license should be clusterwide and no node number prompted
for.
If the license is entered during the dependent node installation
process, then the following message may be seen:
NSCinstall: WARNING: No NonStop Clusters (NSC) licenses have been installed.
A 2-Node NSC License must be added before this node can join the cluster.
Do you want to use a 2-node NSC Trial License (default:y) [yes,no,?]
And subsequently:
nsclicense: WARNING: NSC Clustering is installed but no NSC licenses have
been added. A two-node NSC license must be added before other nodes can
join the cluster.
Do you want to use a 2-node NSC Trial License (default:y) [yes,no,?]
If the trial license is not used, then on boot the message above
may be seen, followed by this message:
UX: init: INFO: Cluster formed: 1 2
UX: init: ERROR: The NSC cluster boot is being aborted because it involves
more clusternodes (2) than there are NSC licenses (1). Please bring up a
single node and check/correct the status of the NSC licenses.
And both nodes will be shut down.
While this problem is in effect it will only be possible to boot
the root node.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111422
created 13 Sep 2000
revised 15 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: Various problems with libprof have been reported.
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http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?111423
created 13 Sep 2000
revised 15 Sep 2000
PROBLEM: Various problems with libprof have been reported.