Patch-ID# 103616-01
Keywords: NIS+ TTLs libnsl nis_cachemgr deadlock
Synopsis: SunOS 5.5.1_x86: libnsl and nis_cachemgr fixes
Date: Jul/12/96

Solaris Release: 2.5.1_x86

SunOS Release: 5.5.1_x86

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 103615
Xref: This patch available for PPC as patch 103617

Topic: SunOS 5.5.1_x86: libnsl and nis_cachemgr fixes

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1242395 1244872

Changes incorporated in this version:

Relevant Architectures: i386

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch:

Obsoleted by:

Files included with this patch:

/usr/lib/libnsl.a
/usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
/usr/sbin/nis_cachemgr

Problem Description:

1244872 nis_cachemgr can deadlock when servers are unavailable
1242395 NIS+ TTLs for objects not correct on 2.4 slave replicas and 2.3 slave/clients.

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